The age factor and early language learning /

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Other Authors: Nikolov, Marianne.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, c2009.
Series:Studies on language acquisition ; 40.
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Table of Contents:
  • The age factor in context / Marianne Nikolov
  • Early foreign language learning: published research, good practice and main principles / Peter Edelenbos and Angelika Kubanek
  • Assessment of early learning of foreign languages in the USA / Helena Curtain
  • Assessing young language learners: what is the construct? / Ofra Inbar-Lourie and Elana Shohamy
  • Language proficiency and age-appropriate methodology at the English kindergarten of Kuopio / Joanne Jalkanen
  • "I can you help?" Assessing speaking skills and interaction strategies of young learners / Andrea Haenni Hoti, Sybille Heinzmann, and Marianne Müller
  • Input and long-term effects of early learning in a formal setting / Carmen Muñoz
  • English / l/ and /r/ acquisition by Japanese children and adults / Chise Kasai
  • Individual differences in early language programmes / Jelena Mihaljević Djigunović
  • Early foreign language instruction in Greece: socioeconomic factors and their effect on young learners' language development / Marina Mattheoudakis and Thomaï Alexiou
  • The role of aptitude in young learners' foreign language learning / Csilla Kiss
  • Primary English in China: policy, curriculum and implementation / Qiang Wang
  • The teacher factor in early foreign language learning programmes: the case of Vietnam / Jayne Moon
  • Chinese primary school students' use of communication strategies in EFL classrooms / Jing Peng and Lili Zhang
  • Expanding the comparative context for early language learning: from foreign to heritage and minority language programmes / John Harris
  • The status of the target language: contemporary criteria influencing language choices for early learners in England / Janet Enever
  • English for young learners (EYL) in grades 1 and 2 in Israel: a critical discourse analysis / Rivi Carmel.