Early Learning and Teaching of English : : New Dynamics of Primary English / / ed. by Jelena Mihaljevi Djigunovi, Marta Medved Krajnovi.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2015
• MitwirkendeR: Djigunović, Jelena Mihaljević,; Geld, Renata,; Kovač, Smiljana Narančić,; Krajnović, Marta Medved,; Krevelj, Stela Letica,; Milković, Ivana,; Pevec, Irena Kocijan,; Smojver, Višnja Josipović,; Zergollern-Miletić, Lovorka,; Šamo, Renata,
• HerausgeberIn: Medved Krajnovi, Marta,; Mihaljevi Djigunovi, Jelena,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Second Language Acquisition
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

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 you...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Contributors
• Introduction
• 1. Context and Structure of the Study
• 2. Individual Differences Among Young EFL Learners: Age- or Proficiency-Related? A Look from The Affective Learner Factors Perspective
• 3. Croatian Primary School Pupils and English Pronunciation in Light of the Emergence of English as a Lingua Franca
• 4. Acquisition of Markers of Definiteness and Indefiniteness in Early EFL
• 5. Present Tense Development in 11- to 13-Year-Old EFL Learners
• 6. Associating Temporal Meanings with Past and Present Verb Forms
• 7. What Vocabulary Networks Reveal about Young Learners' Language
• 8. Receptive Skills in the Linguistic and Non-linguistic Context of EFL Learning
• 9. Early EFL Development from a Dynamic Systems Perspective
• Afterword
• Appendix
• Index