Who are we?

Teachers Talking French is written, produced and recorded by Jenny Carpenter and David Buckland.

David Buckland and Jenny Carpenter

Jenny is a Key Stage 2 Modern Languages Consultant . Her current work includes:

  • curriculum planning for primary French;
  • producing resources for primary French;
  • training teachers to teach French in Years 3-6;
  • helping LAs to develop the teaching of languages in their primary schools;
  • contributing to regional and national initiatives in primary language learning.

David wrote the training materials and produced the video accompanying the National Key Stage 3 Framework for modern foreign languages. His current work includes:

  • supporting effective Key Stage 2 to Key Stage 3 transition in modern foreign languages.