Learners of German as a foreign language often have a wide range of prior language skills – whether it be their native language, English or other foreign languages they’ve learnt at school, or ...

They have 129 years combined of experience in teaching foreign languages: Irene Konyndyk in French, German and Dutch; Larry Herzberg in Chinese and Japanese; David Smith in French, German and Russian; ...

Language immersion programs present a range of opportunities and challenges for practitioners. Many language teachers welcome the opportunity to create an immersive language environment in which their ...

If the main goal of a language course is for learners to learn to use the target language more efficiently, fluently and correctly in authentic language use situations, then current scientific ...

Teaching methods are the broader techniques used to help students achieve learning outcomes, while activities are the different ways of implementing these methods. Teaching methods help students: ...

When designing online courses and teaching remotely, teachers need to select the framework that supports learning goals. Here, three academics break online learning techniques into their key parts ...

There’s been a rising dissatisfaction with current language teaching methods in China, but scientists think they may have an answer. There’s no way round it: learning Chinese is tough. As far as ...

The letter writer Yeo Su-Wen was concerned that most Chinese now use English as the first language at homes (“Youth must learn dialects or risk losing part of their culture”, Sep 17). This prompts the ...