عنوان

The age factor and early language learning

02BL16742

The age factor and early language learning

edited by Marianne Nikolov

Berlin New York

Mouton de Gruyter

c2009

x, 424 p. ill. 24 cm

Studies on language acquisition

Language acquisition

Second language acquisition

Language and languages

Bilingualism in children

Includes bibliographical references and index

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 Mu ller -- Input and long-term effects of early learning in a formal setting / Carmen Mun oz -- English / l/ and /r/ acquisition by Japanese children and adults / Chise Kasai -- Individual differences in early language programmes / Jelena Mihaljevic Djigunovic -- Early foreign language instruction in Greece: socioeconomic factors and their effect on young learners' language development / Marina Mattheoudakis and Thomai 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

Nikolov, Marianne