TY - BOOK AU - Mackay,Cheryl TI - Learning to plan modern languages lessons: understanding the basic ingredients SN - 9781138304833 (hardback) AV - PB35 .M23 2019 U1 - 418.00712 M19 2019 23 PY - 2019/// CY - London, England, UK, New York, NY, USA PB - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group KW - Languages, Modern KW - Study and teaching (Secondary) N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Acknowledgements List of AbbreviationsPrefaceIntroductionPart One: Getting Started Chapter 1: Basics done wellChapter 2: Planning for individual activitiesPart Two: Well planned lessonsChapter 3: Planning whole lessonsChapter 4: Lesson Planning ProcessPart Three: Planning for a balanced language learning experienceChapter 5: Different sorts of ML lessonsChapter 6: Longer term planningPart Four: Getting better at planning Chapter 7: Developing your planning abilities during the ITE periodChapter 8: Next StepsFinal reflectionsAnnotated List of Further Reading and Sources; CoED; Bachelor of Secondary Education major in English N2 - Learning to Plan Modern Languages Lessons contains a wealth of guidance and ideas for those learning to teach in secondary schools.Drawing on extensive experience and research in the field, it offers detailed explanation of basic lesson planning methods and the principles that underpin them, illustrated by worked examples of well-planned lessons. The book shows how to progress from planning smaller activities to full lessons to sequences of lessons, and how to ensure progression for your students. Specific aspects of language learning such as grammar and culture are explored, together with ideas for how to make your planning skills more effective in long-term collaborative and reflective practice. Starting from a presentation, practice, production (PPP) model of language teaching, the book aims to: provide structured, practical starting points in lesson planning for beginning teachers of modern languages (ML); deepen knowledge and understanding of ML as a subject and how it is learnt (pedagogical subject knowledge), in order to inform and support planning decisions; develop understanding of lesson planning as part of a planning cycle; enhance understanding of strategies and professional development opportunities to promote the further development of planning abilities. Including reflective/discussion tasks and example lesson plans Learning to Plan Modern Languages Lessons is a must-read book for beginning and more experienced teachers of any modern language ER -