Improving foreign language teaching : towards a research-based curriculum and pedagogy / Ernesto Macaro, Suzanne Graham and Robert Woore.
Saved in:
| Online Access: |
Full Text (via Taylor & Francis) |
|---|---|
| Main Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
London :
Routledge,
2015.
|
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- ""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""1 The problem with ‘improving language learning’""; ""1.1 The language learning industry""; ""1.2 Something about this book""; ""1.3 The project: The Professional Development Consortium in Modern Foreign Languages""; ""1.4 The project principles""; ""1.5 Motivation to learn a language""; ""1.6 The grammar debate""; ""1.7 Second language learning contexts""; ""2 Oral interaction in the second language classroom""; ""2.1 Situating the discussion""; ""2.2 The role of the first language in oral interaction""
- ""2.3 The oral interaction principles""""2.4 Student teachers’ views regarding the principles""; ""3 Reading and listening: Developing knowledge and making the most of it""; ""3.1 Situating the discussion""; ""3.2 Reading and listening in L1: How do we do it?""; ""3.3 Reading and listening in an L2: Challenge and complexity""; ""3.4 Developing L2 reading and listening""; ""3.5 The PDC principles for reading and listening""; ""4 Developing the learner through writing: Recursion and compromise""; ""4.1 Situating the discussion""; ""4.2 The gap in L2 writing proficiency""
- ""4.3 A model of L2 writing""""4.4 Josh: A case study of an L2 writer""; ""4.5 Strategies for bridging the writing gap""; ""4.6 Themes in the writing research literature""; ""5 A pedagogical assessment system""; ""5.1 Introduction""; ""5.2 Objectives and domains of assessment""; ""5.3 Categorization of language content""; ""5.4 Exam type""; ""5.5 Exam levels""; ""5.6 Test validity""; ""5.7 Test reliability""; ""5.8 Progression in second language acquisition""; ""5.9 The PDCinMFL pedagogical assessment system""; ""6 Preparing to become and continuing to be a language teacher""
- ""6.1 Introduction""""6.2 Initial Teacher Education (ITE) and the role of research""; ""6.3 Teacher continuing professional development""; ""6.4 Barriers to engagement with research findings""; ""6.5 Can engaging with research findings change teachers’ beliefs?""; ""6.6 Can engaging with research findings change teachers’ practice?""; ""6.7 Teacher self-efficacy""; ""7 The PDCinMFL project""; ""7.1 Introduction""; ""7.2 Teacher development in the PDCinMFL""; ""7.3 Evaluating the impact on participants’ pedagogical understanding and practice""; ""8 Putting the principles into practice""
- ""8.1 Introduction""""8.2 Presenting and discussing the eight pedagogic principles""; ""8.3 Document-based materials""; ""8.4 Video-based materials""; ""8.5 Joining and setting up clusters""; ""8.6 Evaluating impact""; ""9 By way of conclusion""; ""9.1 Working with the gap""; ""9.2 Challenge, self-efficacy and attributions""; ""9.3 The nature of professional learning""; ""9.4 Barriers to change""; ""9.5 A final note of optimism""; ""References""; ""Appendix: Assessment framework for MFL""; ""Index""