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?

How can young people engage with new ideas and cultural experiences within and outside the classroom?

The new 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. Written by a team of expert professionals, it offers a wide range of strategies for successful teaching in the languages classroom. Key topics covered include:

• Helping pupils develop better listening skills








• Effective speaking activities








• Choosing the best texts and technology for reading skills








• Teaching grammar








• Internet tools and services for teaching and learning








• Integrating formative assessment








• The intercultural dimension of language teaching








• Collaborating with primary schools and successful transition








• Teaching Arabic and Mandarin








• Working with TAs and FLAs








• Classroom research and reflective practice

This fully revised and updated second edition includes new chapters on homework, motivation and less widely taught languages, while the core sections on reading and writing, planning, and culture and diversity have been significantly updated to reflect important changes in research, practice and policy.

A Practical Guide to Teaching Foreign Languages in the Secondary School extends the popular Learning to Teach Foreign Languages in the Secondary School by providing detailed examples of theory in practice, based on the most up-to-date research and practice, as well as links to relevant sources supporting evidence-informed practice. 　It is an essential compendium of support and ideas for all those embarking upon their first steps in a successful career in teaching foreign languages.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781136211478
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/04/2014
Series:	Routledge Teaching Guides
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	162
File size:	2 MB

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: OVERARCHING CONSIDERATIONS

1. Foreign language teaching: understanding approaches, making choices
2. Nurturing motivation for foreign language learning
3. Assessment for learning: exploiting positive backwash on foreign language teaching and learning
4. Research-based practice: findings from cognitive science and second language acquisition research
5. Digital tools in foreign language teaching and learning; educational applications

SECTION 2: DEVELOPING PEDAGOGICAL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING

1. Developing listening skills in a foreign language
2. Developing speaking skills in a foreign language
3. Developing reading and writing skills in a foreign language
4. Teaching grammar as and in context in the foreign languages classroom

SECTION 3: EXPLORING BROADER PERSPECTIVES

1. The (inter)cultural dimension in foreign language teaching
2. The role of multilingualism in foreign language education
3. Critical pedagogy: fostering learner engagement, critical thinking and language learning
4. Professional identity: becoming an extended professional
5. Teacher inquiry as professional development for foreign language teachers

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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