"Value Added" Modern Languages Teaching in the Classroom: An Investigation into How Teachers' Use of Classroom Target Language Can Aid Pupils' Communication Skills

Autor/in	Crichton, Hazel
Titel	"Value Added" Modern Languages Teaching in the Classroom: An Investigation into How Teachers' Use of Classroom Target Language Can Aid Pupils' Communication Skills
Quelle	In: Language Learning Journal, 37 (2009) 1, S.19-34 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0957-1736
Schlagwörter	Modern Languages; Teacher Attitudes; Communication Skills; Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Language Usage; Teaching Methods; Classroom Communication; Secondary School Students; Foreign Countries; Observation; Linguistic Input; Teacher Student Relationship; Interviews; Student Attitudes; French; Teacher Characteristics; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gegenwartssprache; Lehrerverhalten; Kommunikationsstil; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Sprachgebrauch; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Klassengespräch; Sekundarschüler; Ausland; Beobachtung; Sprachbildung; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Schülerverhalten; Französisch; Großbritannien
Abstract	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 classrooms. The purpose of the study was two-fold: to observe how the teachers went about their work and to examine how pupils responded to the teachers' continuous input in the foreign language, with few mother tongue interjections. A sample of pupils was also interviewed. Despite a range of schools and ability levels of classes observed, the analysis of the data uncovered important similarities in the techniques the teachers used to promote pupils' language learning, which are the focus of this article. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10