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Carmen D’Arcy

Lecturer in Modern Languages in Education

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School of Education
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, B15 2TT
UK

Tel: +44 (0) 121 414 4840
Fax: +44 (0) 121 414 4865
Email: c.darcy@bham.ac.uk

Qualifications

Licence (degree) in English
C.A.P.E.S. (French competitive examination to qualify as a teacher)
Maîtrise ( MA): The idea of the mirror in Shakespeare’s plays

Research and Projects Interests

Working towards a PhD: The space for interaction between MFL teachers and their pupils in examination classes.

Other Professional Activities

Student Welfare Officer (Edgbaston site)

Teaching Interests

PGCE Tutor for Spanish and French: I jointly organise and constantly review and update our MFL University sessions taking into consideration

  • our students’ strengths and weaknesses
  • our partnership schools
  • our mentors
  • every new government initiative (the latest one: the KS3 Framework)

I organise events where our students can experience ‘field work’.

I work with the MFL mentors in order to coordinate the way we support and challenge our students.

I observe the students teaching. Any observation is followed by a detailed debrief and discussion with each student.

Publications [pdf]