Learning foreign languages in primary school : research insights
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Learning foreign languages in primary school : research insights
(Second language acquisition / series editor, David Singleton, 115)
Multilingual Matters, c2017
- : pbk
- : hbk
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Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents of Works
- Factors affecting the spped of word retrieval in children learning English as a foreign language / Ting Zhao and Victoria A. Murphy
- Raising chidlren's metalinguistic awareness to enhance classroom second language learning / Angela Tellier and Karen Roehr-Brackin
- The development of language awareness at the transition from primary to secondary school / Carmen Muñoz
- Learning how to mean in primary school CLIL classrooms / Ana Llinares
- Benefits and limitations of conversational interactions among young learners of English in a CLIL context / Amparo Lázaro Ibarrola and María de los Ángeles Hidalgo
- Gender and age in child interaction in an EFL CLIL context : an exploratory study / Agurtzane Azkarai and Ainara Imaz Agirre
- Exploring early EFL : L1 use in oral narrative by CLIL and non-CLIL primary school learners / Elisabet Pladevall-Ballester and Alexandra Vraciu
- Narrative development in L1 and FL : a longitudinal study among young Chinese learners of English / Yuko Goto Butler, Yeting Liu and Heejin Kim
- A two-year longitudinal study of three EFL young learners' oral output : the development of syntactic complexity and accuracy / Anna Bret Blasco
- Reformulation as a problem-solving space for young EFL writers : a longitudinal study of language learning strategies / Francisco Javier García Hernández, Julio Roca de Larios and Yvette Coyle
- A questionnaire study of Iranian children's understanding of intercultural issues / Annamaria Pinter and Samaneh Zandian
- Student's and teachers' feedback on diagnostic tests for young EFL learners : implications for classrooms / Marianne Nikolov
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book presents research on the learning of foreign languages by children aged 6-12 years old in primary school settings. The collection provides a significant and important contribution to this often overlooked domain and aims to provide research-based evidence that might help to inform and develop pedagogical practice. Topics covered in the chapters include the influence of learner characteristics on word retrieval; explicit second language learning and language awareness; meaning construction; narrative oral development; conversational interaction and how it relates to individual variables; first language use; feedback on written production; intercultural awareness raising and feedback on diagnostic assessment. It will be of interest to undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, teachers and stakeholders who are interested in research on how children learn a second language at primary school.
Table of Contents
Maria del Pilar Garcia Mayo: Introduction
1. Ting Zhao and Victoria A. Murphy: Factors Affecting the Speed of Word Retrieval in Children Learning English as a Foreign Language
2. Angela Tellier and Karen Roehr-Brackin: Raising Children's Metalinguistic Awareness to Enhance Classroom Second Language Learning
3. Carmen Munoz: The Development of Language Awareness at the Transition from Primary to Secondary School
4. Ana Llinares: Learning How to Mean In Primary School CLIL Classrooms
5. Amparo Lazaro Ibarrola and Maria de los Angeles Hidalgo: Benefits and Limitations of Conversational Interactions among Young Learners of English in a CLIL Context
6. Agurtzane Azkarai and Ainara Imaz Agirre: Gender and Age in Child Interaction in an EFL CLIL Context: An Exploratory Study
7. Elisabet Pladevall-Ballester and Alexandra Vraciu: Exploring Early EFL: L1 Use in Oral Narratives by CLIL and Non-CLIL Primary School Learners
8. Yuko Goto Butler, Yeting Liu and Heejin Kim: Narrative Development in L1 and FL: A Longitudinal Study among Young Chinese Learners of English
9. Anna Bret Blasco: A Two-Year Longitudinal Study of Three EFL Young Learners' Oral Output: The Development of Syntactic Complexity and Accuracy
10. Francisco Javier Garcia Hernandez, Julio Roca de Larios and Yvette Coyle: Reformulation as a Problem-Solving Space For Young EFL Writers: A Longitudinal Study of Learning Strategies
11. Annamaria Pinter and Samaneh Zandian: A Questionnaire Study of Iranian Children's Understanding of Intercultural Issues
12. Marianne Nikolov: Students' and Teachers' Feedback on Diagnostic Tests For Young EFL Learners: Implications for Classrooms
Rhonda Oliver: Afterword
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