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Immersion language learning: a game changer?

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...

List of Reviews – Issue 48 of Francophonie, autumn 2013

by Wendy Newman | Oct 10, 2013 | French reviews, French Zone

The following titles are reviewed in issue 48 of Francophonie, autumn 2013. Isabelle Vanderschelden, Studying French Cinema. Horace Greasley, Do the birds still sing in hell? Mike Thacker and Casimir D’Angelo, Essential French Grammar. The rest of this post can only...

Reviews – Issue 48 of Francophonie, autumn 2013

by Wendy Newman | Oct 10, 2013 | French reviews, French Zone

Editor’s Note We have a rather short Reviews section this time. We are currently looking for a new Reviews Editor for Francophonie. If you’d be interested in sourcing new publications, finding reviewers (who get to keep the books they review) and editing this column...

Training teachers of Russian in the UK: An update

by Wendy Newman | Oct 10, 2013 | Russian Practice, Russian updates, Russian Zone

Mark Payne (University of Sheffield) With the new School Direct initiative in teacher training launched this year, the intention in future is that more student teachers will be trained in schools than in universities (Department for Education, 2013). In brief, the...

Is extensive reading a viable methodology for Russian language teaching?

by Wendy Newman | Oct 10, 2013 | Russian Culture, Russian Practice, Russian updates, Russian Zone

Elena Bolton (Solihull) INTRODUCTION When I decided to try my hand at teaching Russian I thought I was well prepared for the task. After all, I had experience of teaching English in Russia. I had also spent several years working as a technical translator, a job which...

The impact of rote learning on pupil perceptions of attainment and improvement: The case of Russian

by Wendy Newman | Oct 10, 2013 | Russian Practice, Russian updates, Russian Zone

Victoria Rolfe and Mark Payne (University of Sheffield) Я читаю – I read Ты читаешь – You read Он/она читает – He/she reads Мы читаем – We read Вы читаете – You read Они читают – They read INTRODUCTION In our experience of teaching and learning in secondary schools in...