A Practical Guide to Teaching Foreign Languages in the Secondary School

1. Foreign language teaching: understanding approaches, making choices
2. Nurturing motivation for foreign language learning
3. Assessment for learning: exploiting positive backwash on foreign language teaching and learning
4. Research-based practice: findings from cognitive science and second language acquisition research
5. Digital tools in foreign language teaching and learning; educational applications

SECTION 2: DEVELOPING PEDAGOGICAL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING

1. Developing listening skills in a foreign language
2. Developing speaking skills in a foreign language
3. Developing reading and writing skills in a foreign language
4. Teaching grammar as and in context in the foreign languages classroom

SECTION 3: EXPLORING BROADER PERSPECTIVES

1. The (inter)cultural dimension in foreign language teaching
2. The role of multilingualism in foreign language education
3. Critical pedagogy: fostering learner engagement, critical thinking and language learning
4. Professional identity: becoming an extended professional
5. Teacher inquiry as professional development for foreign language teachers