Effective Learning And Teaching In Modern

Tailored to meet the needs of teachers, lecturers and tutors of modern languages, this comprehensive guide will help you to improve your understanding of modern languages and will also enhance your practice in the classroom. Effective Learning and Teaching in Modern Languages offers insights from the latest research into learning and teaching within the discipline, and also outlines innovative teaching techniques, covering all the subjects critical to a lecturer of modern languages, including: * The demands made of students and staff in modern languages * The 'four skills' of assessment, grammar, vocabulary and translation * Technology-enhanced learning * Residence abroad * Subdisciplines such as linguistics and business, area, cultural and literary studies * Professional development Providing both a clear overview of the discipline and a wealth of techniques, practical advice and useful resources, this book will be welcomed by lecturers or tutors new to the professionand experienced lecturers wanting to keep up with the latest developments and improve their students' learning.

List of contributors	p. viii
Foreword	p. x
Introduction	p. xii
University Modern Languages: students and staff	p. 1
Modern Languages as a university discipline	p. 3
Who are our students and what do they bring from previous experience?	p. 10
Where do our graduates go? Languages and careers	p. 17
Who teaches our students? University teachers and their professional development	p. 23
The theory and practice of language teaching	p. 29
Research into language learning	p. 31
Curriculum design	p. 44
The four language skills or 'juggling simultaneous constraints'	p. 52
Teaching grammar	p. 67
Teaching and learning vocabulary	p. 75
Assessment in Modern Languages	p. 80
Assessing language skills	p. 90
Using the foreign language assistant	p. 102
Translating and interpreting	p. 108
Modes and contexts of university language learning	p. 115
Institution-wide languages programmes and non-specialist learners	p. 117
Residence abroad	p. 126
Independent learning	p. 133
Distance learning in Modern Languages	p. 142
Computer-assisted language learning (CALL)	p. 148
The internet and computer-mediated communication	p. 153
The effective learning of languages in tandem	p. 165
Corpora and concordances	p. 173
A diverse discipline	p. 179
Cultural Studies	p. 181
Languages and Business Studies	p. 187
Linguistics	p. 192
Area Studies	p. 201
Literary Studies	p. 207
References	p. 215
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