Teaching Foreign Languages in the Primary School - Hardcover

Maynard, Sally

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415557410 ISBN 13: 9780415557412

Publisher: Routledge, 2011

Synopsis

Teaching Foreign Languages in the Primary School is for every teacher –whether generalist or specialist, trainee or experienced – wanting to confidently introduce foreign language teaching into their classroom.

Based on the author’s extensive experience of teaching across Key Stages 1-2, this book provides practical strategies that can be easily implemented in your setting. Offering comprehensive guidance on the pedagogy that underpins language teaching, it covers everything you’ll need to teach foreign languages effectively:

• Planning, teaching and assessment
• Pedagogical approaches
• Integrating primary languages across the curriculum
• Where to find and how to use good resources
• Using TAs effectively to support language learning
• Inclusive practice
• Using ICT in language teaching
• How to promote children’s intercultural understanding

Illustrated with useful lesson ideas and a range of examples from the classroom, Teaching Foreign Languages in the Primary School is an indispensable source of support for all student and practising primary school teachers.

About this title

About the Author

Sally Maynard is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education and Theology, York St John University, UK.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415557410
• ISBN 13: 9780415557412
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 140