Pedagogy

Modern Foreign Languages Pedagogy Review from the Teaching Schools Council in England (2016)

Gombert et al (2024) compared the success of two approaches to teaching French with Dutch pupils. The study lasted six years and produced interesting findings

Gombert et al (2024)

NEW 13.3.25

Jeanine Treffers-Daller critically assesses the concept of translanguaging in this open-access paper from 2024

Jeanine Treffers-Daller

NEW 21.1.25

Principles of instructed language learning. An article by Rod Ellis

Rod Ellis

This 2021 paper by Miroslaw Pawlak looks at the role of grammar teaching

Miroslaw Pawlak

A 2011 research synthesis from Ireland on primary school level methodology.

for the main summary

A paper by Tavakoli and Hunter (2018) on the topic of accuracy versus fluency

Tavakoli and Hunter (2018)

for the research review part

What elements should a curriculum contain? Paul Nation and Azusa Yamamoto describe the "four strands" they believe should form part of a course

Paul Nation and Azusa Yamamoto

Brief history and overview of the Direct Method of language teaching by Franz Ludescher

Franz Ludescher

An article from Cambridge University Press papers in ELT about chunking and Michael Lewis's Lexical Approach

Jason Anderson considers the history of the PPP paradigm (Presentation, Practice, production), and research evidence for and against it. He also describes how it can be used.

Jason Anderson

Gianfranco Conti explains how the skill theory view of language learning can help shape teaching

Gianfranco Conti

Agung Prasetyo describes the oral-situational approach, still influential in many classrooms

Agung Prasetyo

What makes a learning task engaging? By Zoltan Dornyei, an expert on motivation in second language learning

Zoltan Dornyei

Zoltan Dornyei and Christine Mui examine how to create a motivating classroom

Zoltan Dornyei and Christine Mui

A Dutch study supporting the use of AIM (Accelerated Integrated Methodology), a target language method mainly used in Canada

Although not specifically related to language acquisition, Barak Rosenshine's Principles of Instruction is a very useful read

Barak Rosenshine

Zhang and Webb (2019) studied the usefulness of using bilingual books for vocabulary acquisition

Zhang and Webb (2019)

This paper by Thu Tran examines the key issues we need to know about assessment, including reliability, practicality, validity and washback

Thu Tran

This short article with an accompanying video explains the theory of Transfer Appropriate Processing, which is highly relevant when thinking about assessment

Scott Thornbury looks at the history and role of substitution tables (sentence builder frames)

Scott Thornbury

A recent study about the value of oral corrective feedback by Yüksel, Soruç and McKinley (2021)

Yüksel, Soruç and McKinley (2021)

the main points are to be found within 5 minutes

Prabhu (1990) discusses the statement "There is no best method".

Prabhu (1990)

Liam Printer's PhD on the motivational value of TPRS

Liam Printer

long read

A 2018 summary of research into streaming and setting (subject-specific ability/attainment grouping) by Ed Baines. Not pedagogy, as such, but of interest if you are considering this question.

Ed Baines

This 2019 study by Jill Boggs found that immediate corrective feedback worked better than delayed corrective feedback, stopping tense errors becoming proceduralised.

Jill Boggs