โ Scribed by Marรญa del Pilar Garcรญa Mayo (editor)
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This book presents research on the learning of foreign languages by children in primary school settings. It covers issues that have been under-researched within this group of learners such as implicit/explicit learning, interaction, feedback provision, first language use, metalinguistic awareness, noticing and individual variables.
Contents
Contributors
Introduction
1. Factors Affecting the Speed of Word Retrieval in Children Learning English as a Foreign Language
2. Raising Childrenโs Metalinguistic Awareness to Enhance Classroom Second Language Learning
3. The Development of Language Awareness at the Transition from Primary to Secondary School
4. Learning How to Mean in Primary School CLIL Classrooms
5. Benefits and Limitations of Conversational Interactions among Young Learners of English in a CLIL Context
6. Gender and Age in Child Interaction in an EFL CLIL Context: An Exploratory Study
7. Exploring Early EFL: L1 Use in Oral Narratives by CLIL and Non-CLIL Primary School Learners
8. Narrative Development in L1 and FL: A Longitudinal Study among Young Chinese Learners of English
9. A Two-Year Longitudinal Study of Three EFL Young Learnersโ Oral Output: The Development of Syntactic Complexity and Accuracy
10. Reformulation as a Problem-Solving Space for Young EFL Writers: A Longitudinal Study of Language Learning Strategies
11. A Questionnaire Study of Iranian Childrenโs Understanding of Intercultural Issues
12. Studentsโ and Teachersโ Feedback on Diagnostic Tests for Young EFL Learners: Implications for Classrooms
Afterword
Index
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