Teaching Young Children a Second Language (Teaching Young Children)
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: November 30, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780275986049
Subjects: ELT: teaching theory & methods; Teaching of a specific subject; Education; Education / Teaching; English; Elementary; Teaching Methods & Materials - Classroom Planning; Teaching Methods & Materials - Foreign Language; Education / Elementary; Bilingual Education; Study & Teaching; English language; Foreign speakers; Second Language Acquisition; Study and teaching (Primary)
Description: "This book addresses a gamut of questions of interest to teachers of young second language learners. Why do immigrant children leave their home countries, and what are their journeys to the United States like? How do young children adjust to the new culture? What sort of dynamic prevails in immigrant families? What are young immigrants' schooling experiences like? What are language learning processes like in young children? The first part of the book contains an overview of recent ethnographic, sociological, and psycholinguistic research concerned with answering these queries." "The book's second half focuses on classroom practice. Gordon provides an extensive overview of activities that have been proven to be effective with young language learners."--Jacket.