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Cazzoli, Marcela A. – Language Learning Journal, 2022
The latest reforms to the GCSE Subject Content attempt to bring languages in line with other subject areas through a quantification of the material that needs to be learnt and a focus on the linguistic system, to the detriment of the broader communicative aims associated with 'knowing a language'. This article suggests that the reforms expose a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Inclusion, Second Languages
Pintado Gutiérrez, Lucía – Language Learning Journal, 2021
The gradual reintroduction of translation into the foreign language classroom in the last few decades has generated considerable interest among teachers and scholars. A renewed focus on translation as an aspect of language teaching has simultaneously originated from and resulted in the publication of theoretical and empirical studies as well as…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Translation, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning
Mair E. Lloyd; James Robson – Language Learning Journal, 2024
In the UK, Latin is often seen as an elitist subject taught largely at fee-paying schools. Over the past generation, however, great strides have been made in opening up the subject to students from all backgrounds. A major hindrance to widening access to Latin at university level is that the language can often prove challenging for students. Data…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Second Language Learning, College Second Language Programs
Parrish, Abigail – Language Learning Journal, 2023
Modern Foreign Language (MFL) education has long been described as being 'in crisis' by virtue of a long decline in the numbers of students being entered for exams at age 16 and 18. Whilst this decline is generally attributed to policy, harsh grading and the rise of global English, this paper challenges this view by positioning the decline at the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Course Selection (Students), Femininity
Woore, Robert – Language Learning Journal, 2022
Ofsted's (2021. Curriculum research review series: Languages (OCRR). https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/curriculum-research-review-series) sees 'phonics' as one of three key 'pillars of progression' in language learning. This paper critically examines this view, beginning with the OCRR's definition of 'phonics'. Focussing on the teaching…
Descriptors: Phonics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency
Byram, Michael – Language Learning Journal, 2023
The "Common European Framework of Reference for Languages" has been a major influence on language teaching in Europe and beyond and its "Companion Volume" will probably have the same significance. It is important therefore that education professionals understand the underlying concepts, including the conceptualisation of the…
Descriptors: Rating Scales, Self Concept, Language Proficiency, Second Language Instruction
Coffey, Simon; Patel, Daksha – Language Learning Journal, 2023
In this paper, we use the lens of embodied language cognition and intersemiosis to argue for the importance of developing creative approaches to language work in classroom settings and we cite as an example some activities from a workshop that was developed for modern foreign languages (MFL) trainee teachers in London…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries, Creative Teaching
Koglbauer, René – Language Learning Journal, 2022
Ofsted's (2021) Curriculum research review for languages (OCRR) draws conclusion on what 'high-quality language education' may look like. This opinion piece problematises the status of these conclusions as 'features' or recommendations. Before delving into a selection of identified 'features' in more depth, the author highlights the complexity of…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Faculty Development, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Lanvers, Ursula; Graham, Suzanne – Language Learning Journal, 2022
With the UK entering its fourth decade of this crisis with no end in sight, it is timely to ask how current policy directions for language learning beyond the compulsory phase (currently age 14 in all 4 UK nations) align with learners' psychological needs in relation to language learning. After a review of these psychological needs within…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Psychological Needs
Schenker, Theresa – Language Learning Journal, 2020
Drama activities can have a variety of benefits for foreign language learners of all ages. Staging an entire play, however, is not often possible as part of traditional foreign language education due to curricular, programmatic and departmental constraints. This article summarises an extracurricular German theatre project carried out at a small…
Descriptors: Drama, Extracurricular Activities, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Byram, Michael – Language Learning Journal, 2022
The CEFR was conceived as part of the Council of Europe's project 'Language Learning for European Citizenship'. The social and political context out of which this project grew has often been lost from view. This is perhaps due to the success of the CEFR not only within Europe but also worldwide. That success is largely due to the quality of the…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Rating Scales, Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning
Woore, Robert; Molway, Laura; Macaro, Ernesto – Language Learning Journal, 2022
This article offers a critical perspective on Ofsted's (2021) "Curriculum Research Review for Languages" (OCRR). Whilst the OCRR contains much that we would agree with (including its underpinning principle of drawing on research evidence to inform policy and pedagogy), we are nevertheless concerned that it could result in unintended…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
Coffey, Simon – Language Learning Journal, 2022
This article reflects on the epistemological steamrolling that the 2021 Ofsted Curriculum Research Review (OCRR) accomplishes: in part, by the positioning of the problem and solution through highly selective cherry-picking (omitting key causal factors); in part, through the discursive move of acknowledging complexity before offering simple and…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning
Sepehrinia, Sajjad; Nemati, Majid; Khomijani Farahani, Ali Akbar – Language Learning Journal, 2019
Among focus-on-form studies, oral corrective feedback (CF) has probably received the greatest attention. The majority of studies in this area appear to support a positive role for oral CF in improving interlanguage development. However, theorists adopting a nativist view of second language acquisition continue to question its effectiveness. The…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Interlanguage, Syntax, Error Correction
Bygate, Martin – Language Learning Journal, 2016
This paper provides an outline of the origins, the current shape and the potential directions of task-based language teaching (TBLT) as an approach to language pedagogy. It first offers a brief description of TBLT and considers its origins within language teaching methodology and second language acquisition. It then summarises the current position…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Task Analysis