A Practical Guide to Teaching Foreign Languages in the Secondary School

by Norbert Pachler (Editor), Ana Redondo (Editor)

Overview

How can you effectively motivate young people to engage with foreign language learning?

The new and fully revised edition of A Practical Guide to Teaching Foreign Languages in the Secondary School offers straightforward advice and inspiration for training teachers, NQTs and teachers in their early professional development.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781032250670
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/29/2023
Series:	Routledge Teaching Guides
Edition description:	3rd ed.
Pages:	218
Product dimensions:	8.25(w) x 11.69(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

Norbert Pachler, IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society; Editor-in-Chief: The Language Learning Journal.

Ana Redondo, Senior Lecturer in Education, University of Bedfordshire.

Table of Contents

Section 1: Key Pedagogical Issues and Planning 1. Communicative Approaches to Modern Foreign Language Teaching and Using Target Language 2. Planning for Effective Language Learning 3. Presenting New Vocabulary and Structures 4. Developing Modern Foreign Language Skills through Formative Assessment Section 2: Developing Key Skills, Knowledge and Understanding 5. Developing Modern Foreign Language Listening Skills 6. Developing Speaking Skills in the Modern Foreign Language 7. Developing Reading and Writing Skills 8. Grammar in the Modern Foreign Language Classroom 9. Intercultural Perspectives on Foreign Language Learning 10. Supporting Foreign Language Learning through Homework 11. Motivating Foreign Language Learners 12. Technology-enhanced Modern Foreign Language Teaching and Learning Section 3: Broader Perspectives 13. PMFL 14. Teaching and Learning Less Widely Taught Languages 15. Working with Other Adults Inside and Outside the Classroom 16. Reflective Practice through Teacher Research

Editorial Reviews

‘Every language teacher needs to have a copy of this on their bookshelf!’ Trevor Mutton

'This is an outstanding and comprehensive survey of practical ideas for the teaching of Foreign Languages in secondary school… I thoroughly recommend this guide to both training and well-established teachers who (for whatever reason) may not have come across it!’ Helen Myers

This most recent edition of A Practical Guide to Teaching Foreign Languages in the Secondary School is a really welcome volume which will become essential reading for all those who are involved in the vital work of teaching languages to our next generation of children. Written in an accessible way, this new edition is completely up-to-date. Each chapter addresses a key issue, and effectively combines important theoretical perspectives with thoughtful implications for classroom practice. Every language teacher needs to have a copy of this on their bookshelf!

Trevor Mutton, Associate Professor, University of Oxford

This is an outstanding and comprehensive survey of practical ideas for the teaching of foreign languages in secondary school.

In the 15 years since its first edition it has been a ‘must-have’ for anyone starting their teaching career, each chapter written by highly respected practitioners who engage readers through a series of questions, exemplify a range of practical ideas which work in various settings, and give just the right amount of reference to research into the various theories which underpin different approaches.

This latest edition brings existing chapters up-to-date and adds some new elements, for example taking account of new DfE requirements, drawing on recent research into the cognitive sciences and motivation, and giving an opportunity to reflect on what we have learnt through the challenges of delivering teaching remotely or in a hybrid format.

I thoroughly recommend this guide to both training and well- established teachers who for whatever reason may not have come across it!

Helen Myers, Association for Language Learning Invited Trustee

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