Author : Lynne Cameron
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 43,60 MB
Release : 2001-03-15
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0521773253
This book will develop readers' understanding of children are being taught a foreign language.
Author : Marianne Nikolov
Publisher : Council of Europe
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 30,85 MB
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789287162977
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.
Author : Marianne Nikolov
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 11,8 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1847691455
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.
Author : Philip Hood
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 30,64 MB
Release : 2018-10-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 1315516314
Teaching Languages Creatively brings together the experience of international primary language experts to explore creative teaching and learning in primary languages. Drawing on the latest research and theory and illustrated with ideas and case studies from real schools, it covers key topics, including: engaging students in the target language; celebrating bilingualism in the classroom; incorporating technology into modern teaching; integrating language learning across the curriculum; successful transitions; learning languages through singing, storytelling and dance. Ideal for primary trainee teachers, newly qualified teachers, and established teachers looking for creative new ideas to enrich the learning experience of their students, Teaching Languages Creatively is an essential guide for inspiring the love of languages that is so vital for young learners.
Author : Joan Kelly Hall
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 30,99 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Education
ISBN :
For undergraduate or graduate level foreign language methods courses in Teacher Preparation. Also appropriate for junior high and high school teachers of modern foreign languages.Exclusive in its socio-cultural approach to language learning, this comprehensive text builds on the National Communication Standards for foreign language learning. Its goal is to equip students with the necessary knowledge and skills to establish and maintain effective classroom communities of foreign language learners. To accomplish this, the author incorporates the latest research and theoretical insight regarding communication and communicative development with practical application. The result is a complete, effective approach to designing curriculum, instruction, and assessment for foreign languages.
Author : K. Field
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 27,24 MB
Release : 2004-08-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 1134581041
Issues in Modern Foreign Languages Teaching draws together a range of issues in the teaching of modern foreign languages into one volume that will encourage students and newly qualified teachers to consider and reflect on the issues so that they can make a reasoned and informed judgement about their teaching of MFL. It will be relevant for students and newly qualified teachers at both primary and secondary level and will fill a gap in their knowledge due to time constraints - and an emphasis on standards - on ITT and PGCE courses.
Author : María del Pilar García Mayo
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 44,80 MB
Release : 2017-06-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1783098120
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.
Author : Rod Ellis
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 16,4 MB
Release : 2003-04-03
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780194421591
This book explores the relationship between research, teaching, and tasks, and seeks to clarify the issues raised by recent work in this field. The book shows how research and task-based teaching can mutually inform each other and illuminate the areas of task-based course design, methodology, and assessment. The author brings an accessible style and broad scope to an area of contemporary importance to both SLA and language pedagogy.
Author : Rahma Al-Mahrooqi
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 21,1 MB
Release : 2014-10-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1443870048
Language learning is a complex and challenging endeavor. For students to achieve the desired proficiency in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) their institutions need to invest time, effort and huge resources in order to cater for different learning styles. To be cost effective, many language-teaching institutions strive to provide intensive foreign language (FL) instruction to reduce the time period needed to learn the target language. This explains the current interest in combining differe...
Author : Janice Bland
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 43,9 MB
Release : 2015-09-24
Category : Education
ISBN : 1472588584
Aimed at student teachers, educators and practitioners, Teaching English Language to Young Learners outlines and explains the crucial issues, themes and scenarios relating to this area of teaching. Each chapter by a leading international scholar offers a thorough introduction to a central theme of English as a foreign language (EFL) with preteens, with clear presentation of the theoretical background and detailed references for further reading, providing access to the most recent scholarship. Exploring the essential issues critically and in-depth, including the disadvantages as well as advantages of Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) with young learners, topics include: - task-based learning in the primary school; - storytelling; - drama; - technology; - vocabulary development; - intercultural understanding; - Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) scenarios; - assessment. Innovative and rapidly emerging topics are covered, such as immersion teaching, picturebooks in the EFL classroom and English with pre-primary children.
