Full Description
With the benefits of the university contribution to initial teacher education in the spotlight, this book illustrates what successful university-school partnerships can offer. The six case studies describe best practice from across London ITE partnerships, where a strong theoretical framework underpins Languages learning in secondary school. Against the backdrop of ever-changing policy and ever-evolving theory, this book highlights practical approaches that will keep students learning languages after the age of 14.
Contents
CONTENTSemergent critical researchers of practice by Jane Jones; 2. Creating and nurturing resilient foreign languages teams by Anna Lise Gordon; 3. Making the most of the Year 7 mixed experience classroom by Caroline Conlon; 4. Using literature in the key stage 3 foreign languages classroom by Fotini Diamantidaki; 5. Teaching literature to promote creativity in foreign language learning by Simon Coffey; 6. Breaking out: Film in the foreign languages classroom by Colin Christie and Shirley Lawes; 7. Translation in secondary school foreign languages teaching by Glennis Pye; 8. Formative assessment as contexts for developing autonomous language use and autonomous language learning by Marian Carty and Judith Rifeser