This exciting new publication featuring chapters from some of the foremost practitioners in the field of modern languages today closely examines research-based analysis, structural contexts and classroom practice in teaching and learning. After analysing the current situation, each author proposes radical solutions to current problems and the whole book provides much needed fresh thinking on methodology and pedagogy.
This book, featuring chapters from the foremost practitioners in the field of modern languages, closely examines research-based analysis, structural contexts and classroom practice in teaching and learning. It provides much needed fresh thinking on methodology and pedagogy.
Notes on the Contributors vi Introduction vii Simon Green Part I Research-based Critical Analysis Learning and Teaching Strategies 1(23) Michael Grenfell Learner Autonomy: Why Foreign Languages Should Occupy a Central Role in the Curriculum 24(22) David Little Motivation and the Learners of Modern Languages 46(31) Gary Chambers Part II The Current Educational Context The Primary Sector 77(17) Ann Gregory Modern Languages within a Policy for Language in Education 94(11) Christopher Brumfit Higher Education 105(19) Anthony Lodge Part III Classroom Practice Logging on to Learning: ICT, Modern Languages and Real Communicative Classrooms? 124(14) Philip Hood Vocational Languages: An Analysis of Current Practice and Suggestions for a Way Forward 138(20) John Thorogood Meeting the Challenge: Developing the 3Cs Curriculum 158(25) Do Coyle Conclusion: Creative Thinking About a New Modern Languages Pedagogy 183 Kim Brown
Simon Green is Senior Lecturer in Education and German at Trinity and All Saints College, Leeds. His recent publications include: On est fou du foot/Football Crazy with M. Doublier and S. Haworth (CILT, 1998), Pupils' Perceptions of Europe - Identity and Education with A. Convery, M. Evans, E. Macaro and J. Mellor (Cassell, 1997), Kick-Off Deutsch with G. Herlt and F. Dehmel (Goethe-Institut, 1996 ).
