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Linda Fisher

Position/Status
  • Lecturer in Education (MFL)
E-mail Address

lgf20@cam.ac.uk

Phone

01223 767637

Qualifications

MA, MBA, PGCE

Membership of Professional Bodies/Associations

Association for Language Learning

Profile

Linda Fisher taught Modern Foreign Languages in three comprehensive schools, before joining the Faculty of Education as Lecturer in Education in 1998. Her main responsibilities lie in co-ordinating the PGCE in MFL, teaching and supervising on the MPhil in Research in Second Language Education and supervising PhD.

Academic Area/Links

  • Modern Foreign Languages education.
  • Secondary Education.

Research Topics

  • Motivation for continuing the study of MFL in post-compulsory phases.
  • Teacher learning
  • Key Stage 3 MFL provision and practice

Current Research Projects

  • Co-Director of national DFES-funded research project investigating the effects of policy on provision and practice in MFL teaching and learning in Key Stage 3 in England
  • MFL learners in Key Stage 3 beliefs about language learning
  • Trainee teachers values and practice in assessment

Course Involvement

  • Secondary PGCE
  • KS 2/3 PGCE
  • MPhil
  • PhD

Publications

Fisher, L. (2009) 'Trainee teachers' perceptions of the use of digital technology in the languages classroom' in Evans, M. (Ed.) (2009) Foreign Language Learning with Digital Technology. London: Continuum.

Evans, M. and Fisher, L. (2009) Language Learning at Key Stage 3: The Impact of the Key Stage 3 Modern Foreign Languages Framework and changes to the curriculum on provision and practice. DCSF.

Winterbottom, M., Taber, K.S., Brindley, S., Fisher, L., Finney, J. and Riga, F. (2008) Understanding differences in trainee teachers' values and practice in relation to assessment. Teacher Development 12(1): 15-35.

Winterbottom, M., Taber, K.S., Brindley, S., Fisher, L., Finney, J. and Riga. (2008) Conceptions of assessment: trainee teachers' practice and values. The Curriculum Journal 19(3): 193-213.

Liu, Y. And Fisher, L. (forthcoming 2010) 'What have we learnt after we had fun?' An activity theory perspective on cultures of learning in pedagogical reforms' in Ellis V., Edwards, A. and Smagorinsky, P. (eds.) Cultural Historical Perspectives on Teacher Education and Development: Learning Teaching; London and New York: Routledge.

Evans, M. and Fisher, L. (forthcoming 2010) Translating policy into practice: the impact of the KS3 Framework for MFL on language teaching and learning in schools, Research Papers in Education (accepted subject to minor revisions).

Fisher, L. (2007) 'Pedagogy and the Curriculum 2000 reforms at post-16: the 'learn it, forget it'' culture?' Curriculum Journal, 18, 1, 103

Liu, Y. and Fisher, L. (2006) 'The development patterns of modern foreign language student teachers' Conceptions of self and their explanations about change: three cases' , Teacher Development, 10, 3, 343-360

Evans, M. and Fisher, L. (2005) 'Measuring gains in pupils' foreign language competence as a result of participation in a school exchange visit: the case of Y9 pupils at three comprehensive schools in the UK', Language Teaching Research, 9,2 pp.173-192

Fisher, L., Evans, M. and Esch, E. (2004) 'Computer-Mediated Communication: promoting learner autonomy and intercultural understanding at secondary level', Language Learning Journal, Winter, 30, 50-58

Fisher, L. (2001) 'MFL recruitment post-16: the pupils' perspective', Language Learning Journal, 23, 33-40.

Fisher, L. and Evans, M. (2000) 'The school exchange visit: effects on attitudes and proficiency in language learning', Language Learning Journal, 22, 11-16.