Teaching Modern Languages - Knowledge, Skills and Methods

Aimed primarily at student teachers of modern foreign languages, this textbook provides empirical advice and practical strategies necessary for each step of their initial teacher education. It is an invaluable resource for trainee teachers and graduate students seeking to enhance their knowledge, skills and methods.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Approaches to language teaching and target language use; 3. Skills development; 4. Modes of teaching; 5. Unit planning; 6. Principles of successful lesson planning; 7. Differentiation and responding to pupils' needs; 8. Assessment of, for and as learning in modern foreign languages; 9. Digital literacy; 10. Remote learning, teaching and assessment; 11. Drama, music and games; 12. Organisation and management; 13. Collaboration and professional development; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Michael Lynch is Senior Lecturer in Language Studies at the University of Edinburgh and a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He has been a teacher educator for several decades, is fluent in four languages, and regularly serves as an external examiner for ITE programmes. He has contributed to the development of a national resource for languages through his work as a founder member of the Scottish Council of Deans of Education Languages Group and co-creator of the National Framework for Languages.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Lynch, Michael (University of Edinburgh) Lynch
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 31.07.2025
• EAN: 9781009385169
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0938516-9
• No. of pages: 250
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Technology: general issues, Language acquisition, Language teaching theory & methods, Language teaching & learning (other than ELT), For higher / tertiary / university education, Textbook, coursework