Early learning and teaching of English : new dynamics of primary English

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Early learning and teaching of English : new dynamics of primary English

edited by Jelena Mihaljević Djigunović and Marta Medved Krajnović

(Second language acquisition / series editor, David Singleton, 86)

Multilingual Matters, c2015

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  • : hbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Volume

: pbk ISBN 9781783093373

Description

This book offers an insight into the dynamics and complexities of learning and teaching English as a foreign language at primary level. Taking a Dynamic Systems Theory perspective, the chapters present the findings of longitudinal research undertaken in Croatia into the development of English in young learners. The book includes both qualitative and quantitative research and provides insights into internal individual learner factors and external micro and macro contextual factors which impact English learner development. Importantly, it tackles the unique position of English in today's globalised world in detail. It therefore makes a major contribution to work on learning English by the digitalised generation and to understanding the impact of practices in the modern EFL classroom. The volume will appeal to anyone interested in new ways of researching the complex and dynamic phenomenon of the early learning of English.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Jelena Mihaljevic Djigunovic: Context and Structure of the Study 2. Jelena Mihaljevic Djigunovic: Individual Differences among Young EFL Learners: Age- or Proficiency-related? A Look from the Affective Learner Factors Perspective 3. Visnja Josipovic Smojver: Croatian Primary School Pupils and English Pronunciation in the Light of the Emergence of English as a Lingua Franca 4. Lovorka Zergollern-Miletic: Acquisition of the Markers of Definiteness and Indefiniteness in Early EFL 5. Marta Medved Krajnovic and Irena Kocijan Pevec: Present Tense Development in 11- to 13-Year-Old EFL Learners 6. Smiljana Narancic Kovac and Ivana Milkovic: Associating Temporal Meanings with Past and Present 7. Renata Geld: What Vocabulary Networks Reveal about Young Learners' Language 8. Renata Samo: Receptive Skills in the Linguistic and Non-Linguistic Context of EFL Learning 9. Stela Letica Krevelj and Marta Medved Krajnovic: Early EFL Development from a Dynamic Systems Perspective Afterword
Volume

: hbk ISBN 9781783093380

Description

This book offers an insight into the dynamics and complexities of learning and teaching English as a foreign language at primary level. Taking a Dynamic Systems Theory perspective, the chapters present the findings of longitudinal research undertaken in Croatia into the development of English in young learners. The book includes both qualitative and quantitative research and provides insights into internal individual learner factors and external micro and macro contextual factors which impact English learner development. Importantly, it tackles the unique position of English in today’s globalised world in detail. It therefore makes a major contribution to work on learning English by the digitalised generation and to understanding the impact of practices in the modern EFL classroom. The volume will appeal to anyone interested in new ways of researching the complex and dynamic phenomenon of the early learning of English.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Jelena Mihaljević Djigunović: Context and Structure of the Study 2. Jelena Mihaljević Djigunović: Individual Differences among Young EFL Learners: Age- or Proficiency-related? A Look from the Affective Learner Factors Perspective 3. Višnja Josipović Smojver: Croatian Primary School Pupils and English Pronunciation in the Light of the Emergence of English as a Lingua Franca 4. Lovorka Zergollern-Miletić: Acquisition of the Markers of Definiteness and Indefiniteness in Early EFL 5. Marta Medved Krajnović and Irena Kocijan Pevec: Present Tense Development in 11- to 13-Year-Old EFL Learners 6. Smiljana Narančić Kovač and Ivana Milković: Associating Temporal Meanings with Past and Present 7. Renata Geld: What Vocabulary Networks Reveal about Young Learners' Language 8. Renata Šamo: Receptive Skills in the Linguistic and Non-Linguistic Context of EFL Learning 9. Stela Letica Krevelj and Marta Medved Krajnović: Early EFL Development from a Dynamic Systems Perspective Afterword

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