Debates in Modern Languages Education

Patricia Driscoll is Reader in Education at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK.Ernesto Macaro is Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Oxford, UK.Ann Swarbrick is Languages Education Lead at CfBT Education Trust, UK, and President of the Association for Language Learning.

• Introduction Part I: Overview 1. Languages Over the Past 40 Years: Does history repeat itself? 2. Cognitive Processing and Foreign Language Use 3. Evidence Informed Practice as an Effective Approach to Teacher Development Part II: Issues in the Classroom 4. Listening and Understanding 5. Speaking Interactively 6. Developing Reading and Decoding in the MFL Classroom 7. Learning and Teaching Writing in the FL Classroom: Fostering writing-to-learn approaches 8. Grammar: The never ending great debate 9. Vocabulary and Formulaic Language: Where to begin? 10. Cultural Awareness: Should it be taught, can it be taught? 11. Developments in Formative Assessment: A retrograde step for teaching and learning Making Progress in Languages: Issues around transition 12. The Many Faces of Motivation 13. Learning Strategies, Autonomy and Self-Regulated Learning Part III: Educational Debates 14. Making the Case for the Future of Languages 15. Creative Practice in the Languages Classroom 16. Content Language Integrated Learning: Has its time come? 17. Managing Learners’ Needs: Policy, research and practice 18. A New Era for Primary Languages