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Richards, Heather; Conway, Clare; Roskvist, Annelies; Harvey, Sharon – Language Learning Journal, 2013
Teachers' subject knowledge is recognized as an essential component of effective teaching. In the foreign language context, teachers' subject knowledge includes language proficiency. In New Zealand high schools, foreign languages (e.g. Chinese, French, German, Japanese and Spanish) have recently been offered to learners earlier in their schooling,…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Educational Practices, Second Language Instruction, Knowledge Base for Teaching
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Pritchard, Alan; Hunt, Marilyn; Barnes, Ann – Language Learning Journal, 2010
The "MustLearnIT" European-funded research project with partners in Greece, Poland, Cyprus, Finland and the UK aimed to investigate ways of teaching and learning modern foreign languages (MFL) to early learners in small/remote primary schools where there were no specialist MFL teachers. This was to be carried out through new technologies…
Descriptors: Knowledge Base for Teaching, Foreign Countries, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Teaching Methods