Teaching secondary modern foreign languages

This free course, Teaching secondary modern foreign languages, will identify and explore some of the key issues around teaching modern foreign languages in secondary schools. Through coming to understand these issues and debates, you will reflect on and develop your practice as a modern foreign languages teacher and develop a greater awareness of the wider context of languages education and how this affects modern foreign languages in the secondary school curriculum.

• Introduction
• Learning outcomes
• 1 Learning languages – teaching languages
• 1 Learning languages – teaching languages
• 1.1 Becoming a teacher of MFL
• 1.2 Why learn a modern foreign language?
• 2 How can the target language be used effectively in the classroom?
• 2 How can the target language be used effectively in the classroom?
• 2.1 The benefits of using target language in the classroom
• 2.2 Using target language to support all students in learning a language
• 2.3 Challenges to using the target language
• 3 What strategies can be used to motivate students in the classroom?
• 3 What strategies can be used to motivate students in the classroom?
• 3.1 Student strategies for second language learning
• 3.2 Promoting independent learning
• 4 How can creativity be integrated into MFL teaching and learning?
• 4 How can creativity be integrated into MFL teaching and learning?
• 4.1 Creativity: what is it and why use it?
• 4.2 Creativity and language learning
• 4.3 Ideas for creative approaches in the MFL classroom
• 4.4 Challenges to taking a creative approach
• Conclusion
• References
• Further reading
• Acknowledgements