Issues in Modern Foreign Languages Teaching (Paperback)

1. The Changing Place of MFLs in the Curriculum 2. Re-examining Communicative Language Teaching 3. Why Learn a Foreign Language 4. Which Language? - An Embarrassment of Choice 5. At What Age Should Foreign Language Learning Begin? 6. The Unique Contribution of MFLs to the Curriculum 7. Why Teach MFLs to the Lower Ability? 8. Modern Foreign Languages and Able Learners 9. Ability Setting Versus Mixed Ability 10. Why are Girls Better at MFLs than Boys? 11. Teaching Grammer in the MFLs Classroom 12. How Important is Cultural Awareness? 13. Issues in Target Language Teaching . And It All Ended in Tiers 15. Technology and the Tools of Communication 16. Towards Independent Language Use and Language Learning 17. Literature in the Communicative Classroom 18. Prestige and Profile of MFLs 19. Language Transfer and the MFL classroom