Teaching Foreign Languages In The Primary School

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Teaching Foreign Languages in the Primary School is for every teacher –whether generalist or specialist, trainee or experienced – wanting to confidently introduce foreign language teaching into their classroom. Based on the author’s extensive experience of teaching across Key Stages 1-2, this book provides practical strategies that can be easily implemented in your setting. Offering comprehensive guidance on the pedagogy that underpins language teaching, it covers everything you’ll need to teach foreign languages effectively: Planning, teaching and assessment Pedagogical approaches Integrating primary languages across the curriculum Where to find and how to use good resources Using TAs effectively to support language learning Inclusive practice Using ICT in language teaching How to promote children’s intercultural understanding Illustrated with useful lesson ideas and a range of examples from the classroom, Teaching Foreign Languages in the Primary School is an indispensable source of support for all student and practising primary school teachers.

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Genre : Education
Author : Sally Maynard
Publisher : Routledge
Release : 2012-05-16
File : 169 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781136645181


Teaching Modern Languages In The Primary School

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It has been argued for some time that to improve language learning in Britain we need to start earlier, as many other European countries do. This book is addressed to policy makers and teachers who are considering the possibility of getting involved in the teaching of MFL in the primary school.

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Genre : Education
Author : Patricia Driscoll
Publisher : Routledge
Release : 2005-06-23
File : 258 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781134670857


Learning Foreign Languages In Primary School

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This book presents research on the learning of foreign languages by children aged 6-12 years old in primary school settings. The collection provides a significant and important contribution to this often overlooked domain and aims to provide research-based evidence that might help to inform and develop pedagogical practice. Topics covered in the chapters include the influence of learner characteristics on word retrieval; explicit second language learning and language awareness; meaning construction; narrative oral development; conversational interaction and how it relates to individual variables; first language use; feedback on written production; intercultural awareness raising and feedback on diagnostic assessment. It will be of interest to undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, teachers and stakeholders who are interested in research on how children learn a second language at primary school.

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Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
Author : María del Pilar García Mayo
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Release : 2017-06-16
File : 198 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781783098125


Early Learning Of Modern Foreign Languages

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Modern languages are taught to young learners at an increasingly early age, yet few publications focus on what is available to children in different contexts and classrooms. This book represents the state-of-the-art in research on young language learners. Covering a range of languages, contexts and research methods, it provides insights into how young learners progress.

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Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
Author : Marianne Nikolov
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Release : 2009
File : 259 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781847691453


Living Languages An Integrated Approach To Teaching Foreign Languages In Primary Schools

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Living Languages is simply bursting with practical and original ideas aimed at teachers and trainee teachers of foreign languages in primary schools. Written by a team of experienced linguists, this book will inspire and motivate the foreign language classroom and the teachers who work within it. Living Languages comprises eight chapters and is structured around the integrated classroom, merging language learning with different aspects of the wider curriculum such as multimedia, performance, celebrations and festivals, creativity and alternative approaches to teaching languages. Downloadable resources are also included with the book containing additional teaching materials and the associated films and audio recordings which make this a fully-developed and effective teaching resource. Over 50 real-life case studies and projects are presented, all of which have been tried and tested in the classroom with several having won recent educational awards. Ideas and activities outlined in this unique resource include: Languages across the curriculum helping to cement cross-curricular links and embed new languages in different contexts linking subjects such as history, science, PE and mathematics with French, German and Spanish; Arts and crafts projects in Languages, making and doing, including making books, creating beach huts and cooking biscuits; Languages, celebrations and festivals projects including the German Christmas market, Spanish Day of the Dead, celebrating Mardi Gras and the European Day of Languages among many others; Continuing Professional Development to inspire primary teachers to continue their individual professional development. The chapter contains concrete examples of others’ experiences in this area and includes details of support organisations and practical opportunities. Each project is explored from the teachers’ perspective with practical tips, lesson plans and reflections woven throughout the text such as what to budget, how to organise the pre-event period, how to evaluate the activity and whom to contact for further advice in each case. Activities and examples throughout are given in three languages – French, German and Spanish.

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Genre : Education
Author : Catherine Watts
Publisher : Routledge
Release : 2012-10-03
File : 274 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781136675010


Teaching Modern Foreign Languages

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Designed for all trainee and newly qualified teachers, teacher trainers and mentors, this volume provides a contemporary handbook for the teaching of modern foreign languages, covering Key Stages 2, 3 and 4 in line with current DfEE and TTA guidelines.

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Genre : Education
Author : Carol Morgan
Publisher : Routledge
Release : 2014-07-10
File : 225 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781135378707


Teaching Modern Languages To Young Learners

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This book is targeted at modern languages teachers of primary school children and focuses on curricula and syllabi, as well as on teaching materials and methodology. The papers look into issues related to both pre- and in-service teacher education, innovative curriculum and syllabus design in tertiary education and lower primary schools, and how new ideas can be implemented at national and classroom levels. The first six papers focus on teacher education curricula and teacher development in pre-service and in-service programs, whereas the last four papers examine curricula, teaching materials and projects in primary schools.--Publisher's description.

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Genre : Education
Author : Marianne Nikolov
Publisher : Council of Europe
Release : 2007-01-01
File : 156 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9287162972


Foreign Language Learning In Primary Schools Age 5 6 To 10 11

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Grade level: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, k, p, e, i, t.

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Genre : Political Science
Author : Peter Doyé
Publisher : Council of Europe
Release : 1997-01-01
File : 112 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9287132429


From Foreign Language Education To Education For Intercultural Citizenship

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This collection of essays analyses the evolution of theory of intercultural competence and its relationship to education for citizenship. It does so by analysing the concepts of intercultural competence, including the notion of the intercultural speaker, by discussing the ways in which language education policy develops and by comparing the theories and purposes of foreign language education and education for citizenship.

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Genre : Political Science
Author : Michael Byram
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Release : 2008
File : 285 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781847690784


Teaching Modern Foreign Languages In Secondary Schools

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A companion to Aspects of Teaching Secondary Modern Foreign Languages, this book charts developments during the past few decades of reform in MFL teaching, considering the origins of these reforms and analysing their impact on the classroom. The reader is divided into four sections: 'Controversies and disagreements' is an overview of changes to MFL teaching and learning during the last thirty years; 'MFL, schools and society' looks at the role of MFL in a wider social and educational context; 'Developing strategy' looks at how more effective MFL teaching might be achieved; 'Research and the MFL teacher' looks at the implications for classroom practice of recent research into MFL teaching and Learning.

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Genre : Education
Author : Ann Swarbrick
Publisher : Routledge
Release : 2013-10-11
File : 333 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781136415777