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Teaching Languages in Primary Schools: Putting Research into Practice 

Teaching Languages in Primary Schools: Putting Research into Practice
 at 
University of Southampton 
Overview

Discover engaging, age-appropriate teaching methods and ideas to enhance your foreign languages teaching skills for children

Duration

3 weeks

Mode of learning

Online

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Course Level

UG Certificate

Teaching Languages in Primary Schools: Putting Research into Practice
 at 
University of Southampton 
Highlights

  • Earn a certification after completion
  • Learn from expert faculty
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Teaching Languages in Primary Schools: Putting Research into Practice
 at 
University of Southampton 
Course details

Who should do this course?
  • This course is primarily designed for primary school teachers who teach children foreign languages
What are the course deliverables?
  • Synthesise and discuss empirical evidence regarding young language learner motivation, progression and literacy learning
  • Evaluate language learning resources and practice against language learning theory and evidence
  • Explain the importance of classroom and teacher factors in young learners’ progression and outcomes
  • Experiment with existing practice or novel resources and record reflections on their effectiveness in terms of linguistic outcomes, cognitive and emotional engagement
More about this course
  • Learning a foreign language at a young age is known to support children’s problem-solving ability, creativity, and intercultural understanding. But many teachers report a lack of language teaching CPD opportunities and, as a result, often lack confidence in their language teaching
  • On this course, you’ll learn practical teaching methods for teaching language and discover engaging tasks and projects for primary school students
  • Using the latest young language learning research, you’ll be encouraged to reflect and experiment with new resources and improve your current language teaching practice

Teaching Languages in Primary Schools: Putting Research into Practice
 at 
University of Southampton 
Curriculum

Young language learners: motivation and engagement

Welcome to the course

Voices from the classroom: teacher stories

Using Language in beginner classrooms

Welcome to Week 2

Action pathways

Literacy and independent language use

Summary activities

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Teaching Languages in Primary Schools: Putting Research into Practice
 at 
University of Southampton 
Faculty details

Alison Porter
I am a Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at the University of Southampton. I am a member of the management team of the RiPL network (Research in Primary Languages, www.ripl.uk).
Florence Myles
I am Professor of Second Language Acquisition at the University of Essex, and Chair of the RiPL network (Research in Primary Languages, www.ripl.uk)

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