Modern Languages Across the Curriculum

Modern Languages Across the Curriculum
Author: Michael Grenfell
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2002
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780415254823

This edited collection sets out the case for teaching modern languages across the curriculum and provides practical strategies for its implementation.

Language Across the Curriculum & CLIL in English as an Additional Language (EAL) Contexts

Language Across the Curriculum & CLIL in English as an Additional Language (EAL) Contexts
Author: Angel M.Y. Lin
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2016-09-15
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9811018022

This book will be of interest to a broad readership, regardless of whether they have a background in sociolinguistics, functional linguistics or genre theories. It presents an accessible “meta-language” (i.e. a language for talking about language) that is workable and usable for teachers and researchers from both language and content backgrounds, thus facilitating collaboration across content and language subject panels. Chapters 1 to 3 lay the theoretical foundation of this common meta-language by critically reviewing, systematically presenting and integrating key theoretical resources for teachers and researchers in this field. In turn, Chapters 4 to 7 focus on issues in pedagogy and assessment, and on school-based approaches to LAC and CLIL, drawing on both research studies and the experiences of front-line teachers and school administrators. Chapter 8 provides a critical and reflexive angle on the field by asking difficult questions regarding how LAC and CLIL are often situated in contexts characterized by inequality of access to the linguistic and cultural capitals, where the local languages of the students are usually neglected or viewed unfavourably in relation to the L2 in mainstream society, and where teachers are usually positioned as recipients of knowledge rather than makers of knowledge. In closing, Chapter 9 reviews the state of the art in the field and proposes directions for future inquiry.

WAC and Second Language Writers

WAC and Second Language Writers
Author: Terry Myers Zawacki
Publisher: Parlor Press LLC
Total Pages: 492
Release: 2014-05-14
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 1602355053

Editors and contributors pursue the ambitious goal of including within WAC theory, research, and practice the differing perspectives, educational experiences, and voices of second-language writers. The chapters within this collection not only report new research but also share a wealth of pedagogical, curricular, and programmatic practices relevant to second-language writers. Representing a range of institutional perspectives—including those of students and faculty at public universities, community colleges, liberal arts colleges, and English-language schools—and a diverse set of geographical and cultural contexts, the editors and contributors report on work taking place in the United States, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.

Languages across the curriculum

Languages across the curriculum
Author: Christiane Bongartz
Publisher: Peter Lang
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2010
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9783631583883

Dieser Band liefert eine Bestandsaufnahme über die gegenwärtige Situation des mehrsprachigen Sachfachunterrichts. Erziehungswissenschaftler, Didaktiker, Linguisten und Lehrkräfte tragen gleichermaßen zu einer ausgewogenen Sicht auf die Chancen und Möglichkeiten bilingualen Unterrichtens bei. Konzepte wie «bilingualer Sachfachunterricht», «Content and Language Integrated Learning» und «Languages Across the Curriculum» werden in einzelnen Beiträgen vorgestellt und diskutiert. The present collection contains studies on content-and-language-integrated learning (CLIL) and bilingual teaching contexts. It presents different programs in the domain and combines both theoretical and applied perspectives. Views from educational science, linguistics and teaching practice shed new light on the question of CLIL and its benefits for learners' cognitive and linguistic development.

Addressing Special Educational Needs and Disability in the Curriculum: Modern Foreign Languages

Addressing Special Educational Needs and Disability in the Curriculum: Modern Foreign Languages
Author: John Connor
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 163
Release: 2017-04-21
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1315517167

The SEND Code of Practice has reinforced the requirement that all teachers must meet the needs of all learners. This book provides practical, tried and tested strategies and resources that will support teachers in making modern foreign languages accessible, challenging and exciting for all pupils, including those with special needs. The author draws on a wealth of experience to share his understanding of how SEND can affect learning and how the MFL teacher can reduce or remove any barriers to learning. Offering strategies that are specific to the context of MFL teaching, this book will enable teachers to: ensure all pupils are able to participate fully in every lesson; develop pupils’ understanding, motivation and enjoyment; adapt content and resources when differentiating materials for pupils with a wide range of learning needs; use formative assessments to measure learning. An invaluable tool for whole-school continuing professional development, this text will be essential for teachers (and their teaching assistants) seeking guidance specific to teaching languages to all pupils, regardless of their individual needs. This book will also be of interest to SENCOs, senior management teams and ITT providers.

The Routledge Handbook of Language Education Curriculum Design

The Routledge Handbook of Language Education Curriculum Design
Author: Peter Mickan
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 420
Release: 2019-12-23
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1317338898

Curriculum design options cover a continuum from regional and school-based programs to national and international frameworks. How does policy speak to practice? What have teacher-researchers discovered through in-classroom studies? Where do you begin to describe or measure ‘effective’ language education curriculum design? The Routledge Handbook of Language Education Curriculum Design presents a comprehensive collection of essays on these issues by 31 established practitioners and new researchers. Informed by experienced scholarship and fresh studies, this handbook shares international perspectives on language education from policy and curriculum to teacher training and future directions. The handbook addresses language education curriculum design across five sections: Language curriculum design: perspectives, policies and practices Designs across the curriculum Curriculum designs in language education Curriculum resources, evaluation and assessment Teacher education, research and future projects With contributions from Australia, Brazil, Indonesia, Switzerland, Timor-Leste and more, the handbook represents the breadth of research into and the global implications for sound language education curriculum design. It considers equally the needs of students and policy makers from urban metropolises and remote communities. It is designed to reinvigorate discussions about education policy, curriculum management and the role of teacher-researchers.

Modern Languages Across the Curriculum

Modern Languages Across the Curriculum
Author: Michael Grenfell
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2004-01-14
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1136850805

This book sets out the agenda for the future of modern language teaching in schools. It aims to look beyond the dominant methods of second language teaching to a new approach emphasising the integration of language learning within the wider curriculum. Through research and case studies from the UK, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Belgium and Finland, the book shows how teachers and policy makers are increasingly moving towards a system where second languages are taught through other curriculum subjects, rather than alongside them. Key areas covered are: * recent trends and issues in the teaching and learning of modern foreign languages * the rationale for integrating languages across the curriculum * how cross-curricular language teaching is developing across Europe * practical materials and useful ideas for teachers and policy makers This timely book will interest all foreign language teachers, particularly those on in-service or higher level degree courses. It will also be useful reading for student teachers and educators, and policy makers, internationally.

Language Across the Curriculum

Language Across the Curriculum
Author: Ewa Kołodziejska
Publisher: Council of Europe
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2000-01-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9789287143273

Language across the curriculum (LAC) is a method based on the assumption that learning is more successful if it is in a meaningful context. It moves the focus away from the language to the subject to be studied so that the emphasis is on content and process and language is used in search of knowledge. This publication contains the results of a network process to produce teaching materials based on the subjects of biology, geography band history for 10-12 year olds.

Learning and Teaching Languages Through Content

Learning and Teaching Languages Through Content
Author: Roy Lyster
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2007-01-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9789027219749

Based on a synthesis of classroom SLA research that has helped to shape evolving perspectives of content-based instruction since the introduction of immersion programs in Montreal more than 40 years ago, this book presents an updated perspective on integrating language and content in ways that engage second language learners with language across the curriculum. A range of instructional practices observed in immersion and content-based classrooms is highlighted to set the stage for justifying a counterbalanced approach that integrates both content-based and form-focused instructional options as complementary ways of intervening to develop a learner s interlanguage system. A counterbalanced approach is outlined as an array of opportunities for learners to process language through content by means of comprehension, awareness, and production mechanisms, and to negotiate language through content by means of interactional strategies involving teacher scaffolding and feedback.

Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum in Higher Education

Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum in Higher Education
Author: India C. Plough
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2022-11-18
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1000785033

This richly interdisciplinary volume explores the goals and benefits of the Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum (CLAC) programs by drawing together noteworthy insights from educators, administrators, researchers, and students who have been directly involved in the CLAC programs at colleges and universities in the United States. Using autoethnographic methods, the authors analyze their personal experiences of CLAC to highlight best practices in establishing CLAC models and showcase ways to integrate languages and cultures into instruction and research across disciplines and contexts. Particular attention is given to the ways in which CLAC can support institutional internationalization and global objectives to enhance intercultural competence, world citizenship, and social justice in the community. The book is separated into three sections, with expertise from a wide range of culturally and linguistically diverse experts who represent different disciplines. Section I describes the development of new CLAC programs into existing institutional structures and provides the reader with first-hand accounts of the transformative impact of CLAC on individuals. Section II demonstrates the different collaborative forms that have been created between CLAC programs and various other disciplines, and Section III reflects on authors' experiences with disruptions to the power structures, hegemonic practices, and ideological assumptions often embedded in education. This timely volume will be of interest to academics, researchers, and post-graduate students in the fields of Multicultural Education, Culture and Language Studies, Curriculum Studies, and Higher Education. This book would also greatly appeal to graduate students and scholars in education development.