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Published on: 10/1/2000
Last Visited: 11/22/2006
Amanda Barton, PhD, BA Hons., PGCE
Lecturer in Education, PGCE MFL Subject Leader
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Barton, A. (November 2001) "The challenge of training school-based mentors" Goethe Institut, Athens (sponsored by British Council) Conference title: ' Training the Trainers in Foreign Language Education and Training', facilitated by the Hellenic Open University / Ministry of Education
Barton, A. (October 2000) "Boys' underachieve me nt in modern foreign language learning in the United Kingdom " (sponsored by Edmonton Private Schools) Conference title: Languages: Passport for the Millennium, Edmonton , Canada
Selected recent publications:
Barton, A. & Downes, P. (2003) "Differentiation and gender: boys and language learning", in Differentiation in the Modern Languages Classroom, ed.
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Barton, A. (2002) "Learning styles: the gender effect" in Teaching Modern Foreign Languages in Secondary Schools, ed.Swarbrick, A., London, RoutledgeFalmer / Open University, pp.272-285
Barton, A. (2001) "Gender differences in pupils' perceptions of modern foreign languages" in Reflections on motivation, ed.Chambers, G., London , CILT, pp.42-50
Barton, A. (2002) "Teaching modern foreign languages to single-sex classes", Language Learning Journal, No. 25, pp.8-14