Full Description
An essential resource for trainee teachers and graduate students, this textbook presents strategies and practical advice for preparing and planning lessons in a clear, step-by-step way and demonstrates how to inspire confidence and competence in language learners. Chapters cover many important aspects of initial teacher training including skills development; modes of teaching; unit and lesson planning; assessment; remote learning; digital literacy, and student and teacher wellbeing. Packed with pedagogical value, each chapter includes clear learning objectives, concise chapter summaries, defined key terms, interactive box features, reflective questions and further reading recommendations. Supplementary resources include templates for planning and assessment, feed-forward and feedback forms, extra tasks and activities, and sample answers. By connecting theory and practice, this authoritative guide provides trainee teachers with the necessary tools to develop the knowledge, skills and methods required to become an effective modern languages teacher in a contemporary world.
Contents
1. Introduction; 2. Approaches to language teaching and target language use; 3. Skills development; 4. Modes of teaching; 5. Unit planning; 6. Principles of successful lesson planning; 7. Differentiation and responding to pupils' needs; 8. Assessment of, for and as learning in modern foreign languages; 9. Digital literacy; 10. Remote learning, teaching and assessment; 11. Drama, music and games; 12. Organisation and management; 13. Collaboration and professional development; Bibliography; Index.
