Author: Brendan Bartram
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0826423841
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 210

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Draws on comparative education to offer an insight into the development of modern foreign language learning.

Author: Brendan Bartram
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1441192883
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 208

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Drawing on the results of a tri-national comparative survey of secondary pupils' attitudes towards Modern Foreign Language Learning (MFLL), this book illustrates both the importance and nature of learner attitudes and the contribution of comparative education to our understanding of educational issues. Questions considered include: What is the nature of the pupils' attitudes to the educational dimensions of learning French, German and English in each country? To what extent do educational factors influence the pupils' attitudes to learning each language in each country? How similar are the pupils' attitudes to MFLL within and between the three countries? What judgements can be made about the relative significance of educational and socio-cultural influences on pupil attitudes to MFLL in each country?

Author: Marianne Nikolov
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
ISBN: 1847691455
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 259

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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.

Author: Zoltán Dörnyei
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
ISBN: 1847698980
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 219

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This volume presents the results of the largest ever language attitude/motivation survey in second language studies. The research team gathered data from over 13,000 Hungarian language learners on three successive occasions: in 1993, 1999 and 2004. The examined period covers a particularly prominent time in Hungary’s history, the transition from a closed, Communist society to a western-style democracy that became a member of the European Union in 2004. Thus, the book provides an ‘attitudinal/motivational flow-chart’ describing how significant sociopolitical changes affect the language disposition of a nation. The investigation focused on the appraisal of five target languages – English, German, French, Italian and Russian – and this multi-language design made it also possible to observe the changing status of the different languages in relation to each other over the examined 12-year period. Thus, the authors were in an ideal position to investigate the ongoing impact of language globalisation in a context where for various political/historical reasons certain transformation processes took place with unusual intensity and speed. The result is a unique blueprint of how and why language globalisation takes place in an actual language learning environment.

Author: K. Field
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134581041
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 320

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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: Robert C. Gardner
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789120660905
Category : Languages, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 316

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Author: Edward J. Dudley
Publisher: Bonn : Bouvier
ISBN:
Category : Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 156

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Author: Matilde Gallardo
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030277097
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 223

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This edited book examines modern foreign language teachers who research their own and others’ experiences of identity construction in the context of living and teaching in UK institutions, primarily in the Higher Education sector. The book offers an insight into a key element of the educational and socio-political debate surrounding MFL in the UK: the teachers’ voices and their sense of agency in constructing their professional identities. The contributors use a combination of empirical research and personal reflection to generate knowledge about MFL teachers’ identity that can enhance how they are perceived in the social and educational establishments and raise awareness of key issues affecting the profession. This book will be of particular interest to language teachers, teacher trainers, applied linguists and students and scholars of modern foreign languages.

Author: Tom Hutchinson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521318378
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 193

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The main concern is effective learning and how this can best be achieved in ESP courses. This book discusses the evolution of ESP, the role of the ESP teacher, course design, syllabuses, materials, teaching methods, and evaluation procedures. It will be of interest to all teachers who are concerned with ESP. Those who are new to the field will find it a thorough, practical introduction while those with more extensive experience will find its approach both stimulating and innovative.

Author: Gary N. Chambers
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
ISBN: 9781853594489
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 260

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This book is informed by pupils' perceptions of the foreign language learning experience: attitudes brought from primary school; from home; visits abroad; the classroom. What are the implications of these for teachers? The author provides practical strategies to enhance (a) the enjoyment of the in-class experience and (b) the status of modern languages on the curriculum.