Amanda Barton is Lecturer in Education and Director of PGCE Modern Foreign Languages at the University of Manchester. She regularly runs in-service training workshops for modern language teachers.

• 1. Why don't the buggers love languages?; 2. Speaking; 3. Listening; 4. Reading; 5. Writing; 6. Teaching and learning styles; 7. The teaching and learning environment; 8. Looking to the future.

Amanda Barton is Lecturer in Education and Director of PGCE Modern Foreign Languages at the University of Manchester. She regularly runs in-service training workshops for modern language teachers.

• 1. Why don't the buggers love languages?; 2. Speaking; 3. Listening; 4. Reading; 5. Writing; 6. Teaching and learning styles; 7. The teaching and learning environment; 8. Looking to the future.

Amanda Barton is Lecturer in Education and Director of PGCE Modern Foreign Languages at the University of Manchester. She regularly runs in-service training workshops for modern language teachers.

• 1. Why don't the buggers love languages?; 2. Speaking; 3. Listening; 4. Reading; 5. Writing; 6. Teaching and learning styles; 7. The teaching and learning environment; 8. Looking to the future.