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.

Un ouvrage de référence pour tous les (futurs) enseignants de FLES ! L’enseignement du français langue étrangère et seconde (FLES) ne cesse de se développer dans les pays francophones ou non francophones, dans les écoles, les universités ou diverses autres institutions, tandis que le métier de professeur de FLES devient de plus en plus exigeant vu la spécificité et la variété de ses publics, de ses conditions et de ses enjeux. Cet ouvrage d’introduction et de référence est destiné aux futurs enseignants de FLES en cours de formation comme aux professeurs plus expérimentés qui souhaitent actualiser leurs connaissances et leurs pratiques, se réorienter ou se spécialiser pour enseigner le/en français à des allophones. À leur intention sont présentés de manière aussi systématique qu’accessible les différents aspects de l’enseignement du FLES, en alternant explications scientifiques, réflexions théoriques et conseils pédagogiques. L’approche humaniste ici adoptée place l’enseignant et l’apprenant au centre des perspectives et des préoccupations, et s’appuie autant sur leur motivation et leur créativité que sur les méthodes ou les ressources qui sont actuellement à leur disposition. Sans prescrire de règles générales, de solutions toutes faites, de leçons toutes prêtes, le propos est d’expliquer les tenants et aboutissants des démarches communicatives, interculturelles et cognitives en faveur d’un apprentissage stimulant, efficace, épanouissant. La première version de cet ouvrage a été primée par l’Académie Royale de Belgique et traduite en chinois. Découvrez ce nouvel ouvrage de référence pour les enseignants de FLES, qui reprend une approche scientifique, des réflexions théoriques et des conseils pédagogiques dans une perspective humaniste où l'enseignant et l'apprenant sont au coeur des préoccupations. EXTRAIT On n’a évidemment pas attendu les professeurs, les didacticiens, les manuels, les laboratoires et les multimédias, les stages en immersion pour pratiquer les langues étrangères. Les difficultés que l’on dit actuellement éprouver pour apprendre et enseigner les langues font oublier que le plurilinguisme est plus ancien, plus répandu, somme toute plus « naturel » que le monolinguisme auquel nous ont condamnés les nations modernes, avant que les relations, les institutions et les firmes internationales n’obligent maintenant à parler de nouveau plusieurs langues. La didactique des langues, maternelle ou étrangères, ne cherche finalement qu’à mieux comprendre, pour mieux la contrôler et mieux en profiter, notre capacité innée à apprendre des langues, quelles que soient les circonstances. En principe, un adulte n’aurait pas plus besoin d’un professeur de langue étrangère qu’un bébé d’un professeur de langue maternelle. L’enseignement n’est donc qu’une manière parmi d’autres d’acquérir une langue étrangère, et pas toujours la plus efficace... au contraire : un didacticien a déjà fait remarquer de manière désabusée que l’apprentissage des langues n’était un problème que lorsqu’il avait lieu en classe. A PROPOS DE L'AUTEUR Jean-Marc Defays est professeur de didactique du français langue étrangère et seconde à l'Université de Liège où il dirige également le Département de français de l'Institut supérieur des langues vivantes. Il est aussi l'auteur de nombreux ouvrages et articles scientifiques de linguistique et de didactique.

This manual contains overviews on language acquisition and distinguishes between first- and second-language acquisition. It also deals with Romance languages as foreign languages in the world and with language acquisition in some countries of the Romance-speaking world. This reference work will be helpful for researchers, students, and teachers interested in language acquisition in general and in Romance languages in particular.

This volume provides the first comprehensive reference work in English on the French language in all its facets. It offers a wide-ranging approach to the rich, varied, and exciting research across multiple subfields, with seven broad thematic sections covering the structures of French; the history of French; axes of variation; French around the world; French in contact with other languages; second language acquisition; and French in literature, culture, arts, and the media. Each chapter presents the state of the art and directs readers to canonical studies and essential works, while also exploring cutting-edge research and outlining future directions. The Oxford Handbook of the French Language serves both as a reference work for people who are curious to know more about the French language and as a starting point for those carrying out new research on the language and its many varieties. It will appeal to undergraduate and graduate students as well as established scholars, whether they are specialists in French linguistics or researchers in a related field looking to learn more about the language. The diversity of frameworks, approaches, and scholars in the volume demonstrates above all the variety, vitality, and vibrancy of work on the French language today.

Based on approaches from discourse analysis and sociolinguistics, this study proposes an analytical model focusing on the linguistic and discursive means narrators use to construct a variety of identities in everyday stories. This model is further exploited in language teaching to cultivate students' cultural sensitivity and critical literacy.

This edited volume brings together large-scale research as well as case studies from a range of geographical contexts and represents a variety of educational settings involving second language learners and users. Its aim is to explore the interrelated issues of psychology and technology use in second language learning settings as well as in more autonomous environments. As language learning professionals continue to devote more time and attention to making various technological tools an integral part of the classroom, it is just as important to understand the influences that these tools have on the psychological state of the learners who use them. In consideration of this objective, the volume examines factors such as learner attitudes and motivation, emotion and behaviour, and the cognitive processes that are at play in the minds of the language users. This volume will be of interest not only to language teachers but also to researchers working in second language acquisition (SLA), applied linguistics, and educational psychology.

Whereas it is now generally recognised that multilingualism is important for society, culture and the economy, the relevance of multilingualism for the world of science has still largely escaped attention. But science, too, is created and transmitted in and through communication. Today, the construction and transmission of knowledge is based on a growing monolingualism, with English as the lingua academica regarded as a condition of the universality of scientific knowledge. However, this idea is based on the illusion that languages are transparent and that the modes of communication are universal. In this book, it is shown how multilingualism can open different perspectives and improve the quality of knowledge by offering an antidote to the squeezing out of different academic and scientific cultures. More precisely, it is shown how multilingual approaches highlight the mediating role of language and, in doing so, optimize conceptualization, communication and evaluation in science. These findings are, for one thing, relevant to institutional language policies and, for another, open new lines of research taking scientific practices themselves as a field of investigation.