The European Language Teacher: Recent Trends and Future Developments in Teacher Education - Softcover

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The Authors: Michael Grenfell is a Reader in Language in Education and Director of Research at the Graduate School of Education at the University of Southampton. He previously taught in England, Sweden and France. He is an active researcher on second language learning and teaching and has published extensively on teacher training, learning strategies, bilingualism, and communicative language teaching methodology, as well as French culture and society. Michael Kelly is Professor of French at the University of Southampton and Director of the UK Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies. He is a member of the Nuffield Languages Programme and was a member of the government group to advise on a National Languages Strategy for England. He is Secretary of the European Language Council and leads a project on curriculum innovation for the Thematic Network in Languages within the Socrates programme. He has published extensively in the areas of French cultural and intellectual history, and on policy in language teaching and learning. Diana Jones is a Research Assistant in the School of Modern Languages at the University of Southampton. She holds a doctorate in French Studies, specialising in postcolonial literature and discourse. She is currently researching trends in language provision in the UK and Europe.