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Back on target: repositioning the status of target language in MFL teaching and learning
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This paper addresses a major issue in language learning, namely the proportion of target language used by teachers and learners in the MFL classroom. It is essential to establish a pedagogical rationale for its use, as well as to analyse the policy that informs and determines practice. This issue emerged as a key preoccupation in a questionnaire and discussions with teachers in partnership schools involved in initial teacher training. During the academic year 1997–98 there were discussions with 22 schools in 4 LEAs, and 46 teachers completed the questionnaire. In the light of the foregoing, we propose strategies for judicious use of the target language, including pupil use, as part of an overall drive towards more effective teaching and learning.
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“Similarly, studies on instructors' own use of translanguaging in their teaching show that there are signifi cant decreases in the frequency of their translanguaging as the profi ciency level of their students increases (Qian, Tang, & Wang, 2009; Greggio & Gil, 2007; Meiring & Norman, 2002).”
From Translanguaging-as-Resource: University ESL Instructors' Language Orientations and Attitudes Toward Translanguaging (2019) · cites this paper as Meiring & Norman, 2002
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“Similarly, studies on instructors’ own use of translanguaging in their teaching show that there are signifi cant decreases in the frequency of their translanguaging as the profi ciency level of their students increases (Qian, Tang, & Wang, 2009; Greggio & Gil, 2007; Meiring & Norman, 2002).”
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- Authors
- Meiring, L., & Norman, N.
- Affiliations
- Swansea University (GB)
- Venue
- The Language Learning Journal
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2002-12
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 27-35
- ISSN
- 0957-1736 (ISSN-L)
- 1753-2167
- OpenAlex
- W1977883972
- Cited by
- 40
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Language Learning Journal (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
- Social Sciences › Linguistics and Language › Second Language Learning and Teaching
- Social Sciences › Linguistics and Language › French Language Learning Methods
- Keywords
- target language use, modern language teaching, language policy, initial teacher education, language learning pedagogy, language teacher attitudes
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