The descriptive and evaluative approaches to FL teacher training provide a novel overview of the current successes and challenges in the field, giving an understanding of terrains not easily accessible to the general English-language readership. The book highlights elements of good practice found across nations, and contributes to shedding light on the enduring mystery of why certain nations seem to be managing multilingualism better than others. As such, it provides a reference for interdisciplinary discussions between applied linguists, education researchers and practitioners, and policymakers.
Trained at Laval University, Quebec City, Canada, and Strasburg, France, Pierre Larrivée works in the field of linguistic semantics. He holds a Chair at the University of Caen, where he is the Director of the research centre CRISCO. He is also the Head of the French site of the Tempus project Developing the Teaching of European Languages.