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Direct linkCoffey, 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
Christie, Colin – Language Learning Journal, 2016
This article reports on the findings of a study into the conditions which promote spontaneous learner talk in the target language in the modern foreign languages (MFL) classroom. A qualitative case study approach was adopted. French lessons, with school students aged 11-16 years old, were observed and analysed with the aim of identifying tools and…
Descriptors: Modern Languages, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Creativity
Aberdeen, Helen – Language Learning Journal, 2018
One of the key topics on any Modern Languages Postgraduate Certificate of Education (PGCE) course in the United Kingdom is the hotly debated issue of target language (TL) use. When and why do teachers use the TL in delivering lessons and when and why do they code switch into the learners' language? Does their practice change over time? Does it…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Comparative Analysis, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Kirsch, Claudine – Language Learning Journal, 2016
It has long been claimed that stories are a powerful tool for language learning. Storytelling is often used as a discrete pedagogical approach in primary modern foreign language (MFL) lessons in England. There has, however, been little investigation into how storytelling might impact on vocabulary learning in the primary classroom. This article…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Teaching Methods, Modern Languages, Second Language Learning
Gieve, Simon; Cunico, Sonia – Language Learning Journal, 2012
This paper reports on a small-scale qualitative study of students' experience of their Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) degrees with particular regard to the relationship between language and content learning. It is framed by the identification in the recent Worton Report on MFL studies in UK higher education and elsewhere of a dualism between…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Foreign Countries, Intercultural Communication, Linguistic Competence
Crichton, Hazel – Language Learning Journal, 2009
This paper presents some of the preliminary findings of a study into modern languages (ML) learning in five Scottish secondary schools. Five ML teachers were observed and audio-recorded over a period of several weeks while teaching their third-year classes (pupils aged 14-15 years). All the teachers used the target language extensively in their…
Descriptors: Modern Languages, Teacher Attitudes, Communication Skills, Second Language Instruction
