Inspiring Innovations In Language Teaching

Download or read book Inspiring Innovations in Language Teaching written by Judith Hamilton and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 1996 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, an educator and administrator with international experience, considers four examples of innovation in foreign language teaching in Scotland: languages in the primary school, a curriculum renewal project, perspectives of an innovative school department, and a training institution's partnership approach to initial teaching training. Placed beside each Scottish example are complementary pieces involving developments in other parts of the world: Australia's National Language Policy, the Bangalore project from India, New Zealand's public service reforms, and an American institutional approach to innovation. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR