TY - BOOK AU - Agirre,Ainara Imaz AU - Ban,Ruth AU - Buendgens-Kosten,Judith AU - Butler,Yuko Goto AU - Changsheng,Jiang AU - Djigunović,Jelena Mihaljević AU - Driscoll,Patricia AU - Elsner,Daniela AU - Enever,Janet AU - García Mayo,María del Pilar AU - Hardy,Ilonca AU - Hilton,Heather AU - Jie,Zhang AU - Lindgren,Eva AU - Lopriore,Lucilla AU - Murphy,Victoria A. AU - Pižorn,Karmen AU - Porsch,Raphaela AU - Porter,Alison AU - Qun,Xie AU - Sayer,Peter AU - Wilden,Eva AU - Xiaohua,Liang AU - Yuan,Yuan AU - de Anda,Magdalena López AU - van Ginkel,Agatha J. TI - Early Language Learning: Complexity and Mixed Methods T2 - Early Language Learning in School Contexts SN - 9781783098316 AV - P57.E8 E275 2017eb U1 - 372.65 23 PY - 2017///] CY - Bristol, Blue Ridge Summit : PB - Multilingual Matters, KW - Language acquisition KW - Cross-cultural studies KW - Age factors KW - Language and languages KW - Study and teaching (Elementary) KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching KW - bisacsh KW - CLIL KW - Early language learning KW - English as a foreign language KW - English as a second language KW - English KW - SLA KW - TESOL KW - bilingualism KW - complexity research KW - language acquisition KW - mixed methods KW - second language acquisition KW - young learners N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Figures and Tables --; Contributors --; 1. Introduction: Mixed Methods in Early Language Learning Research - Examining Complexity --; Part 1: Overviews of Research Findings --; 2. Early Language Learning in Complex Linguistic Settings: Insights from Africa --; 3. Considering the Complexities of Teaching Intercultural Understanding in Foreign Languages --; 4. Literacy Development in Children with English as an Additional Language (EAL) --; Part 2: Empirical Studies Using Mixed Methods --; 5. Verbal Working Memory and Foreign Language Learning in English Primary Schools: Implications for Teaching and Learning --; 6. Piecing Together the Jigsaw: Understanding Motivations of English Learners in Chinese Primary School through a Questionnaire and Elicited Metaphor Analysis --; 7. Codeswitching Your Way to Language Learning? Receptive Codeswitching with Digital Storybooks in Early Language Learning --; 8. Individual Differences and English L2 Learning in Two Primary Classrooms in France --; 9. Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL): A Panacea for Young English Language Learners? --; Part 3: Longitudinal Perspectives Using Mixed Methods --; 10. The Dynamics of Motivation Development among Young Learners of English in China --; 11. Young Italian Learners' Foreign Language Development: A Longitudinal Perspective --; 12. Employing Mixed Methods for the Construction of Thick Descriptions of Early Language Learning --; 13. Developmental Aspects of Early EFL Learning --; Part 4: Evaluating Early Language Learning Programmes --; 14. Child EFL Interaction: Age, Instructional Setting and Development --; 15. Evaluating the Educational Outcomes of an Early Foreign Language Programme: The Design of an Impact Study for the Primary English Programme in Mexico --; 16. The Development of a Curriculum-Based C-Test for Young EFL Learners --; 17. Mixed Methods in Early Language Learning Research --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - This is the first collection of research studies to explore the potential for mixed methods to shed light on foreign or second language learning by young learners in instructed contexts. It brings together recent studies undertaken in Cameroon, China, Croatia, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Tanzania and the UK. Themes include English as an additional language, English as a second or foreign language, French as a modern foreign language, medium of instruction controversies and content and language integrated learning (CLIL). The volume reviews the choice of research methodologies for early language learning research in schools with a particular focus on mixed methods and proposes that in the multidisciplinary context of early language learning this paradigm allows for a more comprehensive understanding of the evidence than other approaches might provide. The collection will be of interest to in-service and trainee teachers of young language learners, graduate students in the field of TESOL and early language learning, teacher educators, researchers and policymakers UR - https://doi.org/10.21832/9781783098323 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781783098323 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781783098323/original ER -