by Wendy Newman | Oct 10, 2013 | German Reviews, German Zone
Mandy Wight, Reviews Editor Our reviews for this edition include a range of books for learners of German at all levels. In the category of coursebooks we are reviewing a new Post Beginners’ text book from Hueber, ‘Menschen’, as well as a new edition of the coursebook...
by Wendy Newman | Oct 10, 2013 | French Practice, French Updates, French Zone
Suzi Bewell (The University of York) In this article, PGCE course leader and languages teacher Suzi Bewell, focusses on how busy languages teachers can keep up to date and enhance their CPD by tapping into social media. We are currently undergoing a huge period of...
by Wendy Newman | Oct 10, 2013 | French Practice, French Updates, French Zone
Jill Fernando, British Dyslexia Association How can we respond to the needs of learners who are dyslexic, multilingual or both? This article aims to highlight some of the difficulties faced by dyslexic and/or multilingual learners and then suggests some approaches...
by Wendy Newman | Oct 10, 2013 | French Practice, French Zone
Anthony Lodge, Emeritus Professor of French (St. Andrews University) In staff common-room discussions about those parts of French grammar which cause the most difficulty for English-speaking learners, attention swiftly focusses on past participal agreements and on the...
by Wendy Newman | Oct 10, 2013 | French Practice, French Zone
Kathy Wicksteed, Association for Language Learning Council member and coordinator of FLAME Mysterious ways I can’t remember when I first became interested in CLIL,[ref]It is difficult to choose vocabulary to refer to the teaching of non-language subject content...