Cynthia Martin 
Primary Languages: Effective Learning and Teaching 

Primary languages are to be an entitlement for all pupils in KS2 from 2010. There is therefore a need to ensure that trainee primary teachers are equipped with the required skills, knowledge and understanding to contribute to this process. This book supports specialists, and also non-specialist trainees with an interest in MFL, who may need to deliver languages across the curriculum, providing them with a clear understanding of the methodology and helping them to develop linguistic competence and confidence.

Table of Content

About this book

Setting the scene

Is younger better? Towards a rationale for teaching and learning languages in primary school

Finding your way around the Key Stage 2 Framework for Languages

Addressing the Oracy and Literacy strands

Putting the key Stage 2 Framework into practice: starting to plan

Exploring the notion of Intercultural Understanding

Continuity and progression, transfer and transition

Implementing the languages entitlement: decisions for Primary Languages coordinators

Looking forward: becoming a Primary Languages professional

Appendices

Glossary

About the author

Cynthia Martin is Senior Lecturer in Modern Foreign Languages at the Institute of Education, University of Reading.