Early Learning of Modern Foreign Languages : : Processes and Outcomes / / ed. by Marianne Nikolov.
Modern languages are offered to young learners at an increasingly early age in many countries; yet few publications have focused on what is available to children in different contexts. This volume fills this gap by documenting the state-of-the-art in researching young language learners using a varie...
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Place / Publishing House: | Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2009] ©2009 |
Year of Publication: | 2009 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Second Language Acquisition
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction
- 1. A Third Language at Primary Level in Ireland: An Independent Evaluation of the Modern Languages in Primary Schools Initiative
- 2. Can Today’s Early Language Learners in England Become Tomorrow’s Plurilingual European Citizens?
- 3. Young Learners of Croatian as a Second Language: Minority Language Speakers and Their Croatian Competence
- 4. Young Learners’ Cognitive Skills and Their Role in Foreign Language Vocabulary Learning
- 5. An Investigation into the Relationship of L2 Motivation and Cross-cultural Contact Among Elementary School Students
- 6. Impact of Learning Conditions on Young FL Learners’ Motivation
- 7. Early Modern Foreign Language Programmes and Outcomes: Factors Contributing to Hungarian Learners’ Profi ciency
- 8. Using the Early Years Literacy Programme in Primary EFL Norwegian Classrooms
- 9. The Age Factor and L2 Reading Strategies
- 10. A Study of FL Composing Process and Writing Strategies Employed by Young Learners
- 11. How do 9–11-Year-Old Croatians Perceive Sounds and Read Aloud in French?
- 12. Differences Between the Processes and Outcomes in Third Graders’ Learning of English and Ukrainian in Hungarian Schools in Beregszász
- 13. The Growth of Young Learners’ English Vocabulary Size
- 14. Factors Infl uencing Young Learners’ Vocabulary Acquisition
- 15. An Eye on Target Language Use in Elementary English Classrooms in China
- 16. What Primary School Pupils Think About Learning English as a Foreign Language