The age factor and early language learning
By: edited by Marianne Nikolov.
Contributors: Nikolov, Marianne.
Series: Studies on language acquisition -- 40
Publisher: Mouton de Gruyter
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Berlin; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9783110218275
Subjects: Language acquisition -- Age factors; Second language acquisition; Language and languages -- Study and teaching; Bilingualism in children
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The age factor in context / Marianne Nikolov; title: Early foreign language learning: published research, good practice and main principles / Peter Edelenbos and Angelika Kubanek; title: Assessment of early learning of foreign languages in the USA / Helena Curtain; title: Assessing young language learners: what is the construct? / Ofra Inbar-Lourie and Elana Shohamy; title: Language proficiency and age-appropriate methodology at the English kindergarten of Kuopio / Joanne Jalkanen; title: I can you help? assessing speaking skills and interaction strategies of young learners / Andrea Haenni Hoti, Sybille Heinzmann, and Marianne Muller; title: Input and long-term eñects of early learning in a formal setting / Carmen Munoz; title: English / l/ and /r/ acquisition by Japanese children and adults / Chise Kasai; title: Individual diñerences in early language programmes / Jelena Mihaljevic ́Djigunovic-́- Early foreign language instruction in greece: socioecoNomic factors and their eñect on young learners language development / Marina Mattheoudakis and Thomai Alexiou; title: The role of aptitude in young learners foreign language learning / Csilla Kiss; title: Primary English in China: policy, curriculum and implementation / Qiang Wang; title: The teacher factor in early foreign language learning programmes: the case of Vietnam / Jayne Moon; title: Chinese primary school students use of communication strategies in EFL classrooms / Jing Peng and Lili Zhang; title: Expanding the comparative context for early language learning: from foreign to heritage and minority language programmes / John Harris; title: The status of the target language: contemporary criteria influencing language choices for early learners in England / Janet Enever; title: English for young learners (EYL) in grades 1 and 2 in Israel: a critical discourse analysis / Rivi Carmel.