: Marianne Nikolov
: The Age Factor and Early Language Learning Age Factor and Early Language Learning
: De Gruyter Mouton
: 9783110218282
: Studies on Language Acquisition [SOLA]ISSN
: 1
: CHF 159.80
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: Allgemeine und Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft
: English
: 430
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This edited volume offers readers 17 chapters on the age factor in different educational contextsacross three continents. Papers discuss curriculum and assessment, individual differences, innovation in teacher education, and the role of target language. The book documents the impressive development in research methods into early language learning and teaching. It is a valuable resource for future studies.



Marianne Nikolov, University of Pécs, Hungary.
Frontmatter1
Contents5
1. The age factor in context7
2. Early foreign language learning: Published research, good practice and main principles45
3. Assessment of early learning of foreign languages in the USA65
4. Assessing young language learners: What is the construct?89
5. Language proficiency and age-appropriate methodology at the English Kindergarten of Kuopio103
6. ‘‘I can you help?’’ Assessing speaking skills and interaction strategies of young learners125
7. Input and long-term effects of early learning in a formal setting147
8. English /l/ and /r/ acquisition by Japanese children and adults167
9. Individual differences in early language programmes205
10. Early foreign language instruction in Greece: Socioeconomic factors and their effect on young learners’ language development233
11. The role of aptitude in young learners’ foreign language learning259
12. Primary English in China: Policy, curriculum and implementation283
13. The teacher factor in early foreign language learning programmes: The case of Vietnam317
14. Chinese primary school students’ use of communication strategies in EFL classrooms343
15. Expanding the comparative context for early language learning: From foreign to heritage and minority language programmes357
16. The status of the target language: Contemporary criteria influencing language choices for early learners in England383
17. English for Young Learners (EYL) in grades 1 and 2 in Israel: A critical discourse analysis409
Backmatter429