Getting The Buggers Into Languages

Description: Following the formula of "Getting the Buggers to Behave", this practical guide provides teachers with a range of practical strategies that can be used to motivate pupils of all ages, especially boys. Amanda Barton shows how learning languages can be transformed into a fun and exciting activity with the use of such simple aids as business cards, jokes, comics and red and yellow cards. Many teachers are particularly concerned with the problem of underachieving boys, and specific strategies to address this issue are provided in chapters 2 and 4. Contents: Part 1 Why don't the buggers love languages?: Parents and the primary school; Being 'cool'; Using languages and making them relevant; The teacher. Part 2 Speaking: How do pupils see speaking?; Creativity. Part 3 Listening: The difficulty of listening; Training listening skills. Part 4 Reading: Do boys read?; Making reading (inter)active; Training reading skills. Part 5 Writing: The problem with writing; Writing independently. Part 6 The teacher & the teaching environment: Teaching style; The teaching environment.