Training Foreign and Second Language Teachers: European Challenges, Successes and Perspectives
This book provides a comparative perspective on foreign language teacher training in France, Germany, Russia, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. The training process of state secondary school foreign language teachers is considered from two perspectives for each country. The current training routes through which necessary teaching qualifications are obtained are described with respect to national policy for foreign language learning, the nature of providers, and training programme organization and contents, with details of any practice. These descriptive dimensions are accompanied by an evaluation of the degree to which the training fits the purpose of teaching foreign languages in state secondary schools.
The descriptive and evaluative approaches to FL teacher training provide a novel overview of the current successes and challenges in the field, giving an understanding of terrains not easily accessible to the general English-language readership. The book highlights elements of good practice found across nations, and contributes to shedding light on the enduring mystery of why certain nations seem to be managing multilingualism better than others. As such, it provides a reference for interdisciplinary discussions between applied linguists, education researchers and practitioners, and policymakers.
Holding a PhD from University of Caen, Carmen Avram is currently an independent researcher. She teaches French as a Mother Tongue in France, having previously taught French as a Foreign Language in Romania and France. Her research activity concerns the didactics and psycholinguistics of writing proficiency, as well as metalinguistic abilities relating to grammar teaching and learning.
Trained at Laval University, Quebec City, Canada, and Strasburg, France, Pierre Larrivée works in the field of linguistic semantics. He holds a Chair at the University of Caen, where he is the Director of the research centre CRISCO. He is also the Head of the French site of the Tempus project Developing the Teaching of European Languages.
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