Aspects of Teaching Secondary Modern Foreign Languages: Perspectives on Practice - Softcover

Swarbrick, Ann

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415260841 ISBN 13: 9780415260848

Publisher: Routledge, 2002

Synopsis

This lively and inspiring collection of readings is divided into three sections: 'Developing teaching strategies and effective classroom management' covers all major aspects of classroom practice; 'Planning, evaluating and assessing MFL learning' is a guide to the day to day requirements and practicalities of MFL teaching; 'In search of a wider perspective' considers how MFL teaching might develop and expand, and its place outside the classroom. Fully engaged with teaching and learning MFL at a practical level, it illustrates concepts and good practice through a braod range of classroom-based examples and case studies.
Issues covered in this book include:

• maximising potential
• engaging pupils in their learning
• developing listening, reading and oral skills
• use of information communication technology
• assessment and differentiation
• broadening the content of MFL lessons
• role play in the language class
• MFL beyond the classroom.

 

About this title

Review:

'This book [is] most informative, as it offer[s] many examples of pedagogical tools. Highly recommended...to pre-service teachers and graduate teacher educators.' - Bilingual Education and Bilingualism

About the Author:

Dr. Bin Wu received his PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering, at the University of Toronto in 1993. He holds 5 US patents in high-power converters and ac drives. Dr Wu has published 90 papers in power electronics and ac drives, received a total research funding of $2.8 milion dollars from the government and private sector, and has received various awards at national, provincial and institutional levels, including the Gold Metal of the Governor General of Canada, NSERC Synergy Award for Innovation, Premier Research Excellence Award, Ryerson Sarwan Sahota Distinguished Scholar Award and Ryerson Research Chair Award. Dr. Wu has also developed a number of power electronics based products for various companies, including Rockwell Automation (Allen- Bradley), Honeywell Aerospace, Lumacell Inc, Allanson International Inc and Industrial Lighting & Electric. He has produced over 70 technical reports for the above-mentioned companies. He was also the founder of LEDAR (Laboratory for Electric Drive Research and Applications) - the best of its kind in Canadian Universities.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0415260841
• ISBN 13: 9780415260848
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 312