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Early Foreign Language Learning and Teaching : Evidence Versus Wishful Thinking / ed. by Marianne Nikolov, Stela Letica Krevelj.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Second Language Acquisition ; 168Publisher: Bristol ; Blue Ridge Summit : Multilingual Matters, [2024]Copyright date: 2025Description: 1 online resource (362 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781800418707
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 372.65 23//eng/20240521eng
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
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
Summary: 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.
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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

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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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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