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Author Watts, Catherine

Title Living Languages
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (273 pages)
Contents Cover; Living Languages: An Integrated Approach to Teaching Foreign Languages in Secondary Schools; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Preface; PART 1 Languages and sport; Introduction; 1 Score in French; 2 The German orienteering festival; 3 Handball in Spanish; 4 The foreign languages mini-Olympics; PART 2 Languages and multi-media; Introduction; 1 Languages, camera, action; 2 Digital storytelling; 3 Languages and subtitling; 4 Language on film; PART 3 Languages, celebrations and festivals; Introduction; 1 It's Christmas!
2 Day of the Dead3 Bastille Day; 4 The European Day of Languages; PART 4 Inspiring language learning; Introduction; 1 Eurofest; 2 Languages and the world of work; 3 The Language Leader award; 4 Reaching out to parents; PART 5 Languages, theatre and music; Introduction; 1 Language live; 2 The Marie Curie project; 3 Spanglovision; 4 Die Mauer; PART 6 Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL); Introduction:What is CLIL?; 1 Taking steps towards CLIL (Exploring Antarctica in French); 2 Taking steps towards CLIL (Exploring Antartica in Spanish)
3 European geography (Introducing Austria and Switzerland)4 Recipes for MFL success!; PART 7 Languages beyond the classroom; Introduction; 1 The Foreign Language Spelling Bee; 2 The Gold Award for Languages; 3 The mini-book-making project; 4 The Foreign Languages Draw; PART 8 Continuing Professional Development (CPD); Introduction:What is CPD; Appendix One; References; Index
Summary Living Languages is simply bursting with practical and original ideas aimed at teachers and trainee teachers of foreign languages in primary schools. Written by a team of experienced linguists, this book will inspire and motivate the foreign language classroom and the teachers who work within it. Living Languages comprises eight chapters and is structured around the integrated classroom, merging language learning with different aspects of the wider curriculum such as multimedia, performance, celebrations and festivals, creativity and alternative approaches to teaching languages. A DVD is also
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Subject Interdisciplinary approach in education.
Language and languages -- Study and teaching (Primary)
Language and languages -- Study and teaching (Primary) -- Audio-visual aids
Project method in teaching.
Interdisciplinary approach in education
Language and languages -- Study and teaching (Primary)
Project method in teaching
Form Electronic book
Author Forder, Clare
Phillips, Hilary
Watts, Catherine
ISBN 9781136675027
1136675027
9781136674952
1136674950