Multilingualism is common in educational settings across Europe and beyond, yet many language teachers report feeling unprepared to valorise the different languages students bring to their classrooms. Multilingual language learning interventions – activities that intentionally draw on students' multilingual …

Many institutes for initial teacher education struggle to organise effective performance feedback within the context of student teaching practicum. As the cooperating teachers who provide this feedback bring their individualised ontologies, feedback practices have been characterised by inconsistencies …

Hoe beïnvloedt een communicatief toetsprogramma de onderwijspraktijk van leraren vreemde talen? Charline Rouffet, Catherine van Beuningen en Rick de Graaff voerden een effectstudie uit in de onderbouw van tien middelbare scholen in veertien talensecties (Engels, Frans, Duits en Spaans) om te onderzoeken …

In content and language integrated learning (CLIL), the goal is to support learning of both subject content and (subject-related) language, through an integrated approach. Based on the principle of constructive alignment (Biggs, 1996), it is logical to assume that such integration carries through to …

Een derde tot de helft van de kinderen en jongeren spreekt thuis een andere taal of naast het Nederlands. In een superdiverse stad als Amsterdam, met ongeveer 180 verschillende nationaliteiten, ligt dat percentage nog hoger. Professionals die met kinderen, jongeren of hun ouders werken, krijgen dan ook …

The field of applied linguistics is increasingly adopting open science practices. As open access publication gains traction, ethical issues emerge that need to be addressed by the field. This viewpoint paper addresses the concern that open science is not equally open for everyone. This paper describes …

While Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) is recognised as an effective approach worldwide, its implementation in foreign language (FL) classrooms remains difficult. Earlier studies have identified factors impeding CLT implementation, such as a lack of communicative lesson materials or teachers' more …

Researchers worldwide have identified affective benefits of improvisational drama techniques (IDTs) on foreign language (FL) learners. Yet the characteristics of professional development programmes (PDPs) that could lead to long-term integration of drama among FL teachers appear largely undiscovered. …