Early Language Learning: Complexity and Mixed Methods

Published by Multilingual Matters 2017

Early Language Learning

Complexity and Mixed Methods

Edited by: Janet Enever and Eva Lindgren

In the series Early Language Learning in School Contexts

https://doi.org/10.21832/9781783098323

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About this book

This book investigates language learning by young learners in instructed contexts and the potential for mixed methods to allow for a comprehensive understanding of early language learning. Chapters present recent studies undertaken in numerous countries and contexts and examine the complexity of early language learning.

Author / Editor information

Enever Janet :

Janet Enever is Professor of Language Teaching and Learning at Umeå University, Sweden and Visiting Professor at University of Reading, UK. Her research interests include early language learning, language policy, globalisation and language learning, and pre-school language learning.

Lindgren Eva :

Eva Lindgren is Associate Professor of Language Teaching and Learning at Umeå University, Sweden. Her research interests include early language learning, literacy, minority/indigenous education and multilingualism.

Janet Enever is Professor of Language Teaching and Learning at Umeå University, Sweden and Visiting Professor at University of Reading, UK. Her research interests include early language learning, language policy, globalisation and language learning, and pre-school language learning.

Eva Lindgren is Associate Professor of Language Teaching and Learning at Umeå University, Sweden. Her research interests include early language learning, literacy, minority/indigenous education and multilingualism.

Reviews

This book makes a timely and significant contribution to the field of early language learning research. Firstly, it presents a wide range of global studies illuminating critical areas such as factors influencing motivation and learning outcomes at different ages. Secondly, it provides an innovative focus on mixed methods research design enriching the scope and depth of insights into the complex and dynamic nature of young children's language learning and paving the way for future studies in this rapidly expanding field.

This illuminating volume focuses attention on an under-researched field, the complex nature of young children's language learning. Reference to longitudinal studies which illustrate the dynamic nature of the learning process and its fluctuations is particularly welcome, as is the novel use of mixed methods research in many different settings worldwide.

This is an exciting edited volume for graduate students, researchers and decision-makers interested in early language teaching and learning. The chapters present research conducted in 13 countries in Africa, Europe, Asia and Latin America and discuss English and French as a foreign, second and additional language. The studies offer insights into innovative uses of mixed methods to examine literacy development, individual differences and a range of other aspects of early language learning.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Figures and Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
1. Introduction: Mixed Methods in Early Language Learning Research – Examining Complexity Eva Lindgren and Janet Enever Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part 1: Overviews of Research Findings
2. Early Language Learning in Complex Linguistic Settings: Insights from Africa Agatha J. van Ginkel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
3. Considering the Complexities of Teaching Intercultural Understanding in Foreign Languages Patricia Driscoll Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	24
4. Literacy Development in Children with English as an Additional Language (EAL) Victoria A. Murphy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
Part 2: Empirical Studies Using Mixed Methods
5. Verbal Working Memory and Foreign Language Learning in English Primary Schools: Implications for Teaching and Learning Alison Porter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
6. Piecing Together the Jigsaw: Understanding Motivations of English Learners in Chinese Primary School through a Questionnaire and Elicited Metaphor Analysis Jiang Changsheng, Zhang Jie, Liang Xiaohua, Yuan Yuan and Xie Qun Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
7. Codeswitching Your Way to Language Learning? Receptive Codeswitching with Digital Storybooks in Early Language Learning Judith Buendgens-Kosten, Ilonca Hardy and Daniela Elsner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	108
8. Individual Differences and English L2 Learning in Two Primary Classrooms in France Heather Hilton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
9. Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL): A Panacea for Young English Language Learners? Karmen Pižorn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
Part 3: Longitudinal Perspectives Using Mixed Methods
10. The Dynamics of Motivation Development among Young Learners of English in China Yuko Goto Butler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
11. Young Italian Learners’ Foreign Language Development: A Longitudinal Perspective Lucilla Lopriore Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	186
12. Employing Mixed Methods for the Construction of Thick Descriptions of Early Language Learning Eva Lindgren and Janet Enever Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
13. Developmental Aspects of Early EFL Learning Jelena Mihaljević Djigunović Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	222
Part 4: Evaluating Early Language Learning Programmes
14. Child EFL Interaction: Age, Instructional Setting and Development María del Pilar García Mayo and Ainara Imaz Agirre Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	249
15. Evaluating the Educational Outcomes of an Early Foreign Language Programme: The Design of an Impact Study for the Primary English Programme in Mexico Peter Sayer, Ruth Ban and Magdalena López de Anda Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269
16. The Development of a Curriculum-Based C-Test for Young EFL Learners Raphaela Porsch and Eva Wilden Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	289
17. Mixed Methods in Early Language Learning Research Janet Enever and Eva Lindgren Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	305
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	315