Teaching Foreign Languages in the Primary School

by Kirsch, Claudine

• ISBN13: 9780826489494
• ISBN10: 0826489494
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-08-15
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
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Summary

"Teaching Foreign Languages in the Primary School advises trainee and qualified teachers and teaching assistants on how to teach modern foreign languages (MFL) successfully at primary level." "Brimming with case studies and tried and tested ideas from a multilingual language teacher and ITE lecturer, Teaching Foreign Languages in the Primary School shows that language teaching at primary level can be both effective and enjoyable - no matter what language the pupils have as their first, and no matter what level the teacher has reached in their own language learning."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables
Teaching Foreign Languages in the Primary School: An Overview	p. 1
Case Studies of Two Successful Schools	p. 19
Theories of Second Language Acquisition	p. 33
Approaches to Language Teaching	p. 49
What Children Say about Learning Foreign Languages	p. 65
Introducing Children to Foreign Languages	p. 80
Developing Children's Listening and Speaking Skills	p. 101
Developing Children's Reading and Writing Skills	p. 117
Developing Knowledge about Language	p. 139
Developing Intercultural Competence	p. 154
Developing Language Learning Strategies	p. 170
Assessment and Transition to Secondary School	p. 186
Bibliography	p. 203
Index	p. 219
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