An Early Start

An Early Start
Author: Marianne Nikolov
Publisher: Council of Europe
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2000-01-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9287144117

There is a growing interest in teaching languages to young children. This publication brings together papers from 18 countries. It gives a cross section of major achievements and problem areas as well as an insight into research issues.

Teaching Foreign Languages in the Primary School

Teaching Foreign Languages in the Primary School
Author: Sally Maynard
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2012-05-16
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1136645187

Teaching Foreign Languages in the Primary School is for every teacher –whether generalist or specialist, trainee or experienced – wanting to confidently introduce foreign language teaching into their classroom. Based on the author’s extensive experience of teaching across Key Stages 1-2, this book provides practical strategies that can be easily implemented in your setting. Offering comprehensive guidance on the pedagogy that underpins language teaching, it covers everything you’ll need to teach foreign languages effectively: Planning, teaching and assessment Pedagogical approaches Integrating primary languages across the curriculum Where to find and how to use good resources Using TAs effectively to support language learning Inclusive practice Using ICT in language teaching How to promote children’s intercultural understanding Illustrated with useful lesson ideas and a range of examples from the classroom, Teaching Foreign Languages in the Primary School is an indispensable source of support for all student and practising primary school teachers.

Learning Foreign Languages in Primary School

Learning Foreign Languages in Primary School
Author: María del Pilar García Mayo
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2017-06-16
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1783098120

This book presents research on the learning of foreign languages by children aged 6-12 years old in primary school settings. The collection provides a significant and important contribution to this often overlooked domain and aims to provide research-based evidence that might help to inform and develop pedagogical practice. Topics covered in the chapters include the influence of learner characteristics on word retrieval; explicit second language learning and language awareness; meaning construction; narrative oral development; conversational interaction and how it relates to individual variables; first language use; feedback on written production; intercultural awareness raising and feedback on diagnostic assessment. It will be of interest to undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, teachers and stakeholders who are interested in research on how children learn a second language at primary school.

Early Learning of Modern Foreign Languages

Early Learning of Modern Foreign Languages
Author: Marianne Nikolov
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages: 259
Release: 2009
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1847691455

Modern languages are taught to young learners at an increasingly early age, yet few publications focus on what is available to children in different contexts and classrooms. This book represents the state-of-the-art in research on young language learners. Covering a range of languages, contexts and research methods, it provides insights into how young learners progress.

English in Elementary Schools

English in Elementary Schools
Author: Anja Steinlen
Publisher: Narr Francke Attempto Verlag
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2021-01-11
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 3823394517

An increasing number of multilingual students, often with a migration background, are attending elementary schools in Germany these days. Also on the rise is the number of schools offering a bilingual program, where content subjects such as science and mathematics are taught in a foreign language. This book explores minority and majority language students' German and English reading and writing skills in elementary schools which offer either regular English-as-subject lessons or bilingual programs with varying degrees of English intensity. The focus is on effects of foreign language input intensity with respect to students' language background, gender, cognitive abilities, and socio-economic background. This book also provides recommendations for English reading and writing activities in the elementary school classroom.