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Language is generally best acquired when there is a perceived intrinsic purpose for using it. In other words, use of language must have a reason which seems relevant and interesting to the language student. This engages the brain in a way that most replicates the processes of early language learning by infants (Krashen: 1981).

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application/pdfFrom Krashen to the Revised Curriculum (.pdf) (366KB)27/09/2010Download
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application/pdfThe Problem with Languages - Principals Paper (39KB)27/09/2010Download
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application/pdfModel REGIO application (1.13MB)14/09/2010Download
 We wrote the attached REGIO application in support of the Regional Primary Languages Programme in Northern Ireland. (For budgetary reasons it was submitted under the auspices of SEELB which deals... 
application/pdfInteractive Whiteboard for Languages (709KB)07/09/2010Download
 Teachers in Northern Ireland are well ahead of their counterparts in most European countries in their use of Interactive Whiteboard technology to support good classroom pedagogy. 
application/pdfRegardez mon Visage! The Challenge for MFL Teachers (614KB)07/09/2010Download
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application/pdfEquivalence Table for Accreditation in Modern Languages (628KB)07/09/2010Download
 This table shows accreditation equivalences between NQF levels, the National Curriculum, GCSE/GCE and the Languages Ladder which is based on the Common European Framework for Languages. 
application/pdfSuccess at What Price Motivational Complexities (536KB)12/04/2010Download
 A Survey of Language Learning Motivations within a cohort of German Trainee Teachers of English, 1994 -2000 
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