{"title":"Modern languages in the primary school (MLPS) in Scotland: ten years on","authors":"Daniel Tierney","doi":"10.1080/09571739985200101","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This article is based on almost ten years experience of primary language learning in Scotland. It sets out the background, how the pilot project was started and how it moved from there to the present position where a language will soon be taught in almost all Scottish primaries. It gives details of the training: how it was constructed and implemented, the numbers involved, the linguistic background of the teachers and the results. It goes on to look at what is happening in the classroom and reflects on the lessons learned from the Scottish experience.","PeriodicalId":46554,"journal":{"name":"Language Learning Journal","volume":"19 1","pages":"50-55"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2000,"publicationDate":"1999-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/09571739985200101","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Language Learning Journal","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09571739985200101","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This article is based on almost ten years experience of primary language learning in Scotland. It sets out the background, how the pilot project was started and how it moved from there to the present position where a language will soon be taught in almost all Scottish primaries. It gives details of the training: how it was constructed and implemented, the numbers involved, the linguistic background of the teachers and the results. It goes on to look at what is happening in the classroom and reflects on the lessons learned from the Scottish experience.
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The Language Learning Journal (LLJ) provides a forum for scholarly contributions on current aspects of foreign language and teaching. LLJ is an international, peer-reviewed journal that is intended for an international readership, including foreign language teachers, language teacher educators, researchers and policy makers. Contributions, in English, tend to assume a certain range of target languages. These are usually, but not exclusively, the languages of mainland Europe and ‘Community Languages’; other languages, including English as a foreign language, may also be appropriate, where the discussion is sufficiently generalisable. The following are key areas of interest: -Relationships between policy, theory and practice- Pedagogical practices in classrooms and less formal settings Foreign language learning/teaching in all phases, from early learners to higher and adult education- Policy and practice in the UK and other countries- Classroom practice in all its aspects- Classroom-based research- Methodological questions in teaching and research- Multilingualism and multiculturalism- New technologies and foreign languages