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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2009]
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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