Teacher resources

Alix Creuzé and Sarah Doschde l'Institut Français, Madrid présente un site Internet conçu pour l'apprentissage du français et le développement de compétences interculturelles. L'atelier s'est déroulé au séminaire REAL-TICE en juin 2011 à Madrid.  

Giedo Custers (Association de Professeurs de français dans la communauté flamande) s'interroge sur les possibilités offertes par le web 2.0 aux professeurs de langue. Cette conférence a eu lieu au séminaire REAL-TICE en juin 2011.

Dans le cadre de l'apprentissage / enseignement des langues, les médias représentent avant tout une source inépuisable de documents et de lieux de rencontre de la langue cible. Ils permettent d'accéder à des connaissances autres que linguistiques et de trouver des supports d'apprentissage en lien étroit avec les objectifs ou les intérêts thématiques de chaque groupe d'apprenants. Michel Boiron, directeur du CAVILAM, revient sur cette thématique.

All of us feel overwhelmed when we think about all the information available on the internet to help teach languages. We recognise the wealth of information it offers us but often feel dragged down by the shear weight of what we find. The question is: how can we confront this apparently teeming chaos?

In this lecture Christoph Edelhoff (The English Academy) takes a look at task-based learning in the European context. The presentation was given at the seminar organised by the European Network of Language Teacher Associations: REAL "Bringing Europe into the Foreign Languages Classroom, Augsburg (Germany)" in September 2010.

In current debate, reading and reading comprehension are not only considered as basic competences, but are increasingly being recognised as ways of understanding the “other” and of promoting intercultural action and learning. In this presentation, members of the TEA-Forum, a group of leading German didactics specialists, discuss new ways of thinking about reading. 

Daniel Coste (Ecole normale supérieure Lyon, France and Expert at the Council of Europe) discusses the future of language teaching in Europe. The presentation was given at the seminar "Bringing Europe into the Foreign Languages Classroom", in Augsburg (Germany) organised by the European Network of Language Teacher Associations (REAL) in September 2010.

In this lecture Michael Byram (Emeritus Professor at Durham University, UK) looks at the relationship between language and identity. 

Silvia Minardi (REAL President) discusses Assessment within the European Framework of Reference for Languages. The presentation was given at the seminar organised by the European Network of Language Teacher Associations: REAL "REAL-CEFR: The Common European Framework for Languages: from theory to practice, Grenoble (France)" on 25 August 2011.

Franel est un projet novateur en didactique des langues qui offre une chance exceptionnelle aux habitants de la Flandre occidentale, de la Wallonie et du Nord-Pas de Calais de (mieux) connaître la langue du voisin.

Cet article écrit par Jean-Yves Petitgirard (ancien Président de l'Association des professeurs de langues vivantes et Directeur du CUEF) offre des astuces pour créer des ressources pédagogiques en utilisant l'audio et la vidéo.

The English workshop of the REAL seminar “How to motivate students: innovation and creativity in the language classroom” took place at the Department for Polish Language and Culture in the World. The English workshop was run by Elisabeth Fotheringham, independent language consultant and was attended by 19 teachers of English from countries from the UK to Greece.

In this workshop held at the seminar “How to motivate students: innovation and creativity in language classes” teachers of Polish as a foreign language from a wide variety of countries and teaching to a variety of different groups came together to explore how to make their lessons more interactive and creative.

This workshop, held at a REAL seminar in Krakow, August 2010, demonstrates how action and student-oriented activities can be integrated into lessons without it having a detrimental effect on everyday textbook-based work. On the contrary, it was clearly shown how using supplementary resources to cover classroom topics can help to make German foreign language teaching interactive, creative and motivating.

Que toute l’action humaine exige un moteur pour qu’elle soit effectuée, la chose semble évidente. Dans l’apprentissage des langues, la motivation est extrêmement importante et même nécessaire. Sans elle, l’apprentissage est inefficace et, qui plus est, les apprenants sont découragés et insatisfaits.

These are essential websites to teachers of Spanish as a foreign language (ELE) and websites or blogs made by and for teachers.