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Direct linkEvans, Michael; Fisher, Linda – Language Learning Journal, 2022
Ofsted's 2021 Curriculum Research Review outlines a language pedagogy predicated on an exclusively cognitivist approach to language learning, which relies on three 'pillars of progression': phonics, vocabulary and grammar. The review makes a brief acknowledgement of the importance of motivational factors, including 'pupils' positive views of…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Multilingualism
Molway, Laura; Mutton, Trevor – Language Learning Journal, 2020
Recent research has established that it is academically advantageous for students to adopt an incremental view of their intelligence and that this is a key marker of a student's level of self-efficacy. The self-efficacy of students following Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) courses in UK secondary schools is known to be low. Interventions have been…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Intervention, Self Efficacy, Second Language Learning
Kangasvieri, Teija – Language Learning Journal, 2019
The aim of this study is to explore whether latent classes, i.e. subgroups of students, representing specific motivational profiles can be found among learners of different foreign languages (L2s) in Finnish comprehensive schools. The focus is on whether motivational profiles are different for learning a compulsory foreign language (English) or an…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, German
Hunt, Marilyn; Barnes, Ann; Redford, Jo – Language Learning Journal, 2009
The objectives of this article are, first, to describe a collaborative project between teacher educators and a foreign languages (FL) department in a specialist language college and, second, to evaluate its success. The project focuses on Year 9 pupils across the ability range (in four groups) and involves staff in both institutions working…
Descriptors: Homework, Action Research, French, Teacher Educators
Naicker, Shalina; Balfour, Robert J. – Language Learning Journal, 2009
This paper explores the impact of a specially designed programme of communicative strategies on English second language (ESL) development in a scaffolded case study that set out to promote teacher-guided, constructive learner talk in the outcomes-based education arts and culture classroom. The programme was implemented in a multilingual secondary…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Outcome Based Education, Classroom Communication, Multilingualism
