How to Teach Modern Languages - and Survive!

✍ Scribed by Jan Pleuger

• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 184
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book sets out the practical techniques Jan Pleuger has used with children of all ages and abilities, and most of the ideas can also be applied to adult learners. These practical strategies are aimed at reducing both pupil and teacher anxiety and provides a deep understanding of the psychological dynamics of the modern language classroom.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1. Keeping sane
Chapter 2. Creating confidence
Chapter 3. Your best friend – the Overhead Projector
Chapter 4. Close encounters of the flashcard kind
Chapter 5. Every child’s birthright?
Chapter 6. A star is born
Chapter 7. The importance of the visual
Chapter 8. Working independently – the French folder
Chapter 9. Open evenings
Chapter 10. School visits - the day trip to France
Chapter 11. School visits – the exchange
Chapter 12. The four skills: listening and responding
Chapter 13. The four skills: speaking
Chapter 14. Target language
Chapter 15. The four skills: reading and responding
Chapter 16. The four skills: writing
Chapter 17. The sound of music
Glossary
Further reading