Learning Foreign Languages in Primary School: Research Insights

Published by Multilingual Matters 2017

Learning Foreign Languages in Primary School

Research Insights

Edited by: María del Pilar García Mayo

In the series Second Language Acquisition

https://doi.org/10.21832/9781783098118

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About this book

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.

Author / Editor information

García Mayo María del Pilar :

María del Pilar García Mayo is Professor of English Language and Linguistics at the University of the Basque Country, Spain. She is the convener of the research group Language and Speech (http://www.laslab.org) and the academic director of the MA in Language Acquisition in Multilingual Settings. Her research interests include the second/third language acquisition of English morphosyntax, the study of conversational interaction and task-based language learning.

María del Pilar García Mayo is Professor of English Language and Linguistics at the University of the Basque Country, Spain. She is the convener of the research group Language and Speech (http://www.laslab.org) and the academic director of the MA in Language Acquisition in Multilingual Settings. Her research interests include the second/third language acquisition of English morphosyntax, the study of conversational interaction and task-based language learning.

Reviews

Laura Collins, Concordia University, Canada:

This volume responds to the need for evidence-based insights on the learning and teaching of foreign languages in school-based programs for young children. With contributions on linguistic, social, cognitive, and curricular dimensions of the foreign language experience, explored from a range of methodological orientations, it is a rich source of information for both language researchers and educators.

Jenefer Philp, Lancaster University, UK:

This fascinating collection provides a wealth of research focused on foreign language learners aged 6-12. An eye-opener on what children are capable of in linguistic, social and cognitive domains of learning, instructed and unassisted. This much needed work does indeed provide important insights for educators and researchers. I found my book of the year!

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
1. Factors Affecting the Speed of Word Retrieval in Children Learning English as a Foreign Language Ting Zhao and Victoria A. Murphy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Raising Children’s Metalinguistic Awareness to Enhance Classroom Second Language Learning Angela Tellier and Karen Roehr-Brackin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	22
3. The Development of Language Awareness at the Transition from Primary to Secondary School Carmen Muñoz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
4. Learning How to Mean in Primary School CLIL Classrooms Ana Llinares Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	69
5. Benefits and Limitations of Conversational Interactions among Young Learners of English in a CLIL Context Amparo Lázaro Ibarrola and María de los Ángeles Hidalgo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	86
6. Gender and Age in Child Interaction in an EFL CLIL Context: An Exploratory Study Agurtzane Azkarai and Ainara Imaz Agirre Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
7. Exploring Early EFL: L1 Use in Oral Narratives by CLIL and Non-CLIL Primary School Learners Elisabet Pladevall-Ballester and Alexandra Vraciu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	124
8. Narrative Development in L1 and FL: A Longitudinal Study among Young Chinese Learners of English Yuko Goto Butler, Yeting Liu and Heejin Kim Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
9. A Two-Year Longitudinal Study of Three EFL Young Learners’ Oral Output: The Development of Syntactic Complexity and Accuracy Anna Bret Blasco Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	176
10. Reformulation as a Problem-Solving Space for Young EFL Writers: A Longitudinal Study of Language Learning Strategies Francisco Javier García Hernández, Julio Roca de Larios and Yvette Coyle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
11. A Questionnaire Study of Iranian Children’s Understanding of Intercultural Issues Annamaria Pinter and Samaneh Zandian Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223
12. Students’ and Teachers’ Feedback on Diagnostic Tests for Young EFL Learners: Implications for Classrooms Marianne Nikolov Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	249
Afterword Rhonda Oliver Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271