Early Instructed Second Language Acquisition: Pathways to Competence

✍ Scribed by Joanna Rokita-Jaśkow (editor); Melanie Ellis (editor)

• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 268
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Studies investigate pathways which lead to successful foreign language learning among very young pupils

This book examines which factors lead to success in foreign language learning at an early age in instructional settings. The studies investigate learners aged between three and ten, their parents and teachers, and focus on the development of speaking and reading skills and how attitudes and motivation impact on the teaching and learning process.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Contributors
Introduction
Part 1: Early Language Learning in Compulsory Instruction
Introduction
1. Policy and Practice in Early Foreign Language Learning: The Case of Poland
2. Integrating and Emulating: Early English Initiatives in Portugal
Part 2: Pathways to Developing Early L2 Oracy and Literacy
Introduction
Forms and Functions of L2 Classroom Input
3. From Research on Child L2 Acquisition of English to Classroom Practice
4. Spotting the Differences between Child–Child and Child–Adult Interactions: Evidence from Spanish EFL Learners at Low Levels of Proficiency
5. The Role of Teacher Language in a Young Learner Classroom
Pathways to Developing Early Literacy
6. Young EFL Learners and Their Reading Awareness: A Case Study with Twins
7. Effective Learning Interventions in Young Children: The Impact of Critical Reading Strategies
8. Extensive Reading in Primary EFL: Can Story Apps Do the Trick?
Part 3: Pathways to Understanding Relationships in Early Foreign Language Learning and Teaching
Introduction
9. Parental Perceptions of Bilingual Primary Schools in Poland: The (Added) Value of English
10. Parental Involvement in Very Early FL Education
11. Investigating the Self- Concept of Children with Special Educational Needs in the Context of Foreign Language Learning
12. Power Relationships in an Early Foreign Language Classroom
Afterword
Author Index
Subject Index