Target Language, Collaborative Learning and Autonomy

Ernesto Macaro became a second language learner at the age of eight and a foreign language learner at the age of thirteen. Building on this personal experience, he taught for many years in secondary schools in England and is now a lecturer and researcher in Modern Languages Education at the University of Reading.

• Introduction1. A National Curriculum or a Framework for Methodology?2. lnterpretations of Communicative Language Teaching3. The Teacher as Input4. The Pupil as Learner5. Collaborative Learning6. Learner Autonomy7. ls a National Methodology Desirable?