Aims&Scope
Divided as we are by our distinct languages and cultures, we share a common concern: the quality of education in language and literature in L1 (mother tongues).
Education faces major challenges. Societal demands for literacy and communicative competence increase. At the same time, school populations become ever more culturally and linguistically diverse.
In response, many countries have examples of promising research and development in mother tongue education....in splendid isolation. Hence, this L1!-journal aims to create an international forum for research and discussion on the education in language and literature.
L1-education ranges from kindergarten to adult education. It encompasses the learning of the written code and the teaching of oracy. Grammar, communication, literature, functional writing, vocabulary, critical reading: the scope of L1 – ESLL is comprehensive and promotes theoretically grounded and empirically informed educational improvement.
The journal provides a broad scope of themes, like European Research on Language Teaching and Learning, Classroom Experiences on Teaching Literature, L1 and national identity, Media and film in Language Teaching, ICT in Language Teaching, The impact of examination systems on language teaching, Metalinguistic activity in learning to write and read, Learning of discourse practices for arguing and reasoning, Emotional and affective components of literary narrative reading, Literacy pedagogy for under-prepared adults, Sociological and cultural studies of the role of language and learning, Historical studies of language and literature teaching, with cross-national awareness, Teaching grammar, Efficiency of methods in Language Teaching, Cross-cultural comparisons between language curricula, Language learning and acquisition processes, Teacher expertise, New definition of literacy in the age of ICT, Literature teaching and the Canon, Connection of reading/writing to speaking/listening, Methods of teacher training for L1, The national curricula issues.