This article attempts to recontextualise the dimensions of teacher language awareness (LA) highlighted by Svalberg ((2007) "Language awareness and language learning." "Language Teaching," 40, 287-308) by emphasising the role of pedagogy in achieving coherence in language education across the subjects of English (L1) and Modern…

Reports initial findings of a small, local study of student teachers' attitudes and perceptions in the area of knowledge about language. The study is part of an attempt to generate cross-subject dialogue about language between student teachers training to teach either English or modern languages in the mainstream curriculum in England and Wales to…

This paper derives from the innovative language teacher education programme described in a previous article published in "Language Learning Journal" (Burley & Pomphrey, 2002). It outlines the development in student teachers' understanding of their role as language educators through an analysis of the beginning and end of this…