Britain's already poor record for language learning might be exacerbated by the Global
English phenomenon, in that utilitarian reasons for learning languages other than English …

This chapter critically reviews research evidence from UK and German students on their
motivation to learn languages, and contextualises the findings, both nationally and globally …

Foreign language teaching is a flourishing area of the primary curriculum and can offer
many valuable, enriching and enjoyable learning experiences for children. Written to …

In the context of the UK language learning crisis, several studies have aimed to influence
student attitude towards languages via school interventions, with mixed results. A six …

There is now extensive theoretical and empirical literature on the place of the first language
(L1) and the second language (L2) in the foreign language (FL) classroom. Although this …

With the UK entering its fourth decade of this crisis with no end in sight, it is timely to ask how
current policy directions for language learning beyond the compulsory phase (currently age …

This study examined the linguistic lives, as well as beliefs about multilingualism, of 422
secondary school students (ages 11–16) in Lincolnshire, England. The data were collected …

Due to the contemporary dominance of English as global lingua franca, all other “foreign
languages” face a number of challenges in formal education. This paper describes the …

Written by experts in the field, this book explains the principles of effective vocabulary
instruction for the modern language classroom. While many language classrooms rely on …

This article examines how the teaching of languages can be transformed across the whole-
school primary curriculum when teachers and researchers collaborate to make space for …