Mrs Barbara King

Biography

Mrs Barbara King is currently working as a Lecturer in the Department of Institute of Education, University of Reading , United Kingdom. Responsibilities: Institute of Education Responsibilities: • Secondary ITT modern foreign languages subject tutor • Secondary ITT personal tutor • Secondary ITT assignment coordinator • Secondary ITT MFL admissions • Primary PGCE tutor for Primary Languages Primary • PGCE coordinator Foreign Languages Leadership Pathway • Primary PGCE personal tutor • BA Primary Education with QTS tutor for Primary Languages Teaching: • Secondary ITT modern foreign languages subject sessions EDMPTS, EDMPTG, EDMPTI • Secondary ITT assignments EDMPRT, EDMPIP • Primary PGCE/SD Primary Languages • Primary PGCE Foreign Languages Leadership Pathway • BA Primary Education with QTS primary languages ED1EC1, ED2EC1 • BA Primary Education with QTS ATP supervisor • MA dissertation supervisor • PhD second supervisor • EdD second supervisor Masters level supervision offered in these areas: • Second language learning and teaching • Early language learning • Content and language integrated learning (CLIL) Current and Recent Research Projects: • Doctoral research into language use in CLIL classrooms • ESRC professional Development Consortium in Modern Foreign Languages Research groups / Centres: • Con-convenor of IoE research group: Language and Literature in Education • Member of Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism

Research Interest

Second language learning and teaching Early language learning Content and language integrated learning (CLIL)