Learning to Teach Modern Foreign Languages in the Secondary School: A Companion to School Experience Book

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Introduction 1

1 Modern foreign languages in the secondary school curriculum 5

2 On becoming a modern foreign languages teacher 31

3 Teaching methods and learning strategies in modern foreign languages 58

4 Observing, planning and evaluating modern foreign languages lessons 86

5 Teaching in the target language: a critical appraisal 114

6 Teaching listening, speaking, reading and writing 135

7 Teaching and learning grammar 157

8 Developing cultural awareness inside and outside the modern foreign languages classroom 181

9 Pupil differences and differentiation in modern foreign languages teaching and learning 202

10 Assessment, marking, recording and reporting 234

11 Managing resources and learners in the MFL classroom 262

12 The use of ICT in modern foreign languages teaching and learning 288

13 The first appointment and professional development 314

14 Foreign language learning and second language acquisition research: some implications for FL teaching and learning 333

Epilogue: modern foreign languages teaching and learning at 16 to 19 361

Appendix Proformas 376

Bibliography 380

Index 398