Browsing School of Language and Culture by Author "Richards, H"
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Foreign Language Teachers’ Language Proficiency and Their Language Teaching Practice
Richards, H; Conway, C; Roskvist, A; Harvey, S (Taylor & Francis, 2013)Teachers’ subject knowledge is recognised as an essential component of effective teaching. In the foreign language context, teachers’ subject knowledge includes language proficiency. In New Zealand high schools, foreign ... -
Intercultural competence: encouraging learner reflection
Richards, H; Conway, C (Spanish Teachers Association New Zealand Aotearoa (STANZA), 2015)Presentation of research findings from a wider study on the development of intercultural communicative language teaching, with recommendations for current language teachers in New Zealand schools. The focus is on the role ... -
Intercultural Language Learners: Are You Providing Opportunities for Your Language Learners to Reflect?
Conway, C; Richards, H (New Zealand Association of Language Teachers, 2014)As you know, the two strands of Knowledge Awareness - language and culture - have equal weighting in the Learning Languages area of the NZ 2007 Curriculum. This was a paradigm shift in the teaching of additional languages, ... -
Meeting the needs of visiting in-service EFL teachers from China
Conway, C; Richards, H (AUT University; VUW, 2007)Providing short term intensive professional development courses that successfully meet the needs of course participants can be a challenging task. This paper discusses a tailor- made programme for visiting overseas teachers ... -
Teacher Provision of Opportunities for Learners to Develop Language Knowledge and Cultural Knowledge
Conway, C; Richards, H; Harvey, S; Roskvist, A (Taylor & Francis, 2010)This paper examines a language teacher education professional development programme in New Zealand that draws on the 2007 New Zealand Curriculum. At the heart of the Learning Languages area in the curriculum is communicative ...