3rd Edition
Modern Foreign Languages 5-11 A guide for teachers
Introduction – developments in primary MFL learning 1. Starting early – what do younger language learners do better? 2. Leading the way – the importance of a shared leadership approach 3. Planning and use of resources – doing the groundwork 4. Teaching the four skills – practical ideas and activities 5. Teaching approaches – differentiation, motivation and learning across the curriculum6. Learner strategies and preferences – overcoming the ‘tricky bits’ 7. Assessment and monitoring progress: How am I doing? What have I achieved? How can I progress? 8. ICT and language learning 9. Cultural learning – opening the classroom door and broadening horizons 10. Transition from primary to secondary – continuity, cohesion and progression 11. Training and professional development – establishing a community of learning and practice
Biography
Jane Jones is Senior Lecturer in Modern Foreign Languages Education at King’s College London.
Simon Coffey is Senior Lecturer in Modern Foreign Languages Education at King’s College London.
"The introduction of MFL into the primary curriculum has brought challenges to teachers who may not be totally comfortable with this requirement. This book, now in its third edition, has been fully updated to support busy schools and teachers in planning, teaching and delivering MFL. The approach of the book is excellent - it is reassuring and practical, covering all that is required for MFL in the primary school. The book contains: comprehensive coverage of resources and planning; valuable new cross-curricular links; ready-to-use activities that are anchored in research and which have been proven to work in practice; advice on assessment (always valuable), SEN and the use of technology; a development of the broader issues of leadership, learning strategies and continuing professional development. Modern Foreign Languages 5–11 will help practitioners to teach MFL as a dynamic, stand-alone subject which children will really enjoy - and that is SO important. The book builds upon core principles of cultural learning, differentiation, language awareness and transferable skills by providing practical strategies that can be easily implemented. Written with a wide range of practitioners in mind, the book supports the needs of trainees, practising teachers and school leaders as they develop their foreign language provision."
Sarah Brew, Parents in Touch Review
