Teaching Modern Foreign Languages at Advanced Level

• Prologue: Towards a methodology of modern foreign languages teaching at A/AS level PART I Changing A/AS level courses 1 The relevance of A/AS level courses to post-16 learners 2 The new A/AS level PART II The transition from GCSE to A/AS level: bridging the gap 3 GCSE and A/AS level teaching and learning: similarities and differences 4 Learner independence 5 Teaching and learning culture 6 Teaching and learning grammar PART III Planning, teaching and assessment at A/AS level 7 Planning a programme of work 8 Planning an integrated topic 9 Developing receptive language skills—listening and reading 10 Developing productive language skills—speaking and writing 11 Working with literature 12 Translation in the communicative classroom 13 Assessment 14 Reaching beyond the classroom 15 Vocational alternatives Epilogue: Looking ahead: trends in modern foreign languages in higher education

'[This book] would constitute a worthwhile acquisition to the library of any institution that is engaged in training language teachers and could merit addition to reading lists in methods courses.' - Modern Language Journal'Norbert Pachler has successfully drawn around him a team of experts, researchers rather than practitioners, whose combined contributions to the compendium provide a hitherto non existent handbook. This collection attempts to and succeeds in characterizing the teaching of modern foreign language teaching at pre-university level.' - Derek Meacher, Language Learning Research