TY  - BOOK
AU  - Avello,Daniela
AU  - Butler,Yuko Goto
AU  - Carmel,Rivi
AU  - Cohen,Andrew D.
AU  - Djigunović,Jelena Mihaljević
AU  - Erk,Mirna
AU  - Fenyvesi,Katalin
AU  - Flynn,Colin J.
AU  - Huang,Xuan
AU  - Jakupčević,Eva
AU  - Jelić,Andrea-Beata
AU  - Jensen,Pia Suk
AU  - Johnstone,Richard
AU  - Krevelj,Stela Letica
AU  - Letica Krevelj,Stela
AU  - Lopriore,Lucilla
AU  - Lugossy,Réka
AU  - Medve,Vesna Bagarić
AU  - Muñoz,Carmen
AU  - Nikolov,Marianne
AU  - Peng,Jing
AU  - Pinter,Annamaria
AU  - Prošić-Santovac,Danijela
AU  - Pujadas,Geòrgia
AU  - Savić,Vera
AU  - Singleton,David
AU  - Takač,Višnja Pavičić
AU  - Tragant,Elsa
AU  - Vallbona,Anna
AU  - Vickov,Gloria
AU  - Čengić,Jasenka
TI  - Early Foreign Language Learning and Teaching: Evidence Versus Wishful Thinking 
T2  - Second Language Acquisition
SN  - 9781800418707
U1  - 372.65 23//eng/20240521eng
PY  - 2024///]
CY  - Bristol, Blue Ridge Summit
PB  - Multilingual Matters
KW  - English language
KW  - Study and teaching (Elementary)
KW  - Foreign speakers
KW  - Study and teaching (Primary)
KW  - Languages, Modern
KW  - Bilingualism & multilingualism
KW  - LANGUAGE TEACHING & LEARNING (OTHER THAN ELT)
KW  - Sociolinguistics
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Dedication --; Contents --; Contributors --; Acknowledgements --; Enriching the Tapestry of Early Foreign Language Learning and Teaching: A Preface --; 1 Learners can be Applied to Children, Teachers and all Stakeholders --; 2 On How One Would Teach English to a Dalmatian Dog --; 3 Innovations in Research On and With Young Learners --; 4 The Use of Verbal Report to Describe Strategies Used by Young Language Learners --; 5 Verbal Reports as an Instructional Tool for Young Second Language Learners: An Intervention Study --; 6 Upper Primary School Learners’ Interaction in Face-to-Face and Instant Messaging Modalities: A Focus on Metatask and Metalanguage Episodes --; 7 Translanguaging and Meaning Making in Young Learners’ EFL Classes in Israel --; 8 Young Learners’ L2 Vocabulary Acquisition Through Extensive Viewing --; 9 Culture-Related Vocabulary in Textbooks for Young Learners of English --; 10 Natural Semantic Metalanguage: A Bridge Between Languages in the Multilingual Classroom --; 11 Early Language Oracy Development: Challenges from Research in Multilingual Contexts --; 12 Children’s Voices on Starting English at the Primary vs. Pre-Primary Level --; 13 ‘Why Do You Learn Spanish?’ ‘To Play in La Liga’: Attitudes and Motivation of Young Learners of Spanish in Croatia --; 14 ‘I Didn’t Know Such a Thing Existed’: Young Adults’ Early Encounters with Literature and the Meanings They Attach to Them --; 15 Looking Back to Look Forward: Approaches to Young Foreign Language Learners’ Assessment in Croatia --; 16 EFL Teachers’ Perspectives on and Practices in Assessing Young Learners in Serbia --; 17 The Role of Aptitude in Young Learners’ Success: Domain-General or Domain-Specific Analytic Abilities? --; 18 Primary School L2 Learning: The General Empirical Picture and Specific Policy Issues in the Irish Context --; 19 A Case Study on Family Language Policy of China in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area --; Index; restricted access
N2  - The chapters in this book bring together key figures and fresh voices from the field of teaching modern foreign languages (MFL) to young children to present a state-of-the-art volume on the topic. The authors address key questions about young learner MFL development and capture the reality of such development in the context of a globalized world
UR  - https://doi.org/10.21832/9781800418707?locatt=mode:legacy
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781800418707
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781800418707/original
ER  -