Early learning of modern foreign languages processes and outcomes /

• Other Authors: Nikolov, Marianne.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol, UK ; Buffalo [N.Y.] : Multilingual Matters, c2009.
• Series: Second language acquisition (Clevedon, England)
• Subjects: Second language acquisition research.; Language acquisition > Age factors.; Bilingualism in children.; Language acquisition.; FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > General.; Taalverwerving.; Vreemde talen.; Voorschools onderwijs.; Electronic books.
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Modern languages are offered to young learners at an increasingly early age in many countries; yet few publications have focused on what is available to children in different contexts. This title fills this gap by documenting the in researching young language learners using a variety of research met...

Table of Contents:

• A third language at primary level in Ireland : an independent evaluation of the modern languages in primary schools initiative / John Harris and Denise O'Leary
• Can today's early language learners in England become tomorrow's plurilingual European citizens? / Janet Enever
• Young learners of Croatian as a second language : minority language speakers and their Croatian competence / Zrinka Jelaska and Lidija Cvikić
• Young learners' cognitive skills and their role in foreign language vocabulary learning / Thomaï Alexiou
• An investigation into the relationship of L2 motivation and cross-cultural contact among elementary school students / Kata Csizér and Judit Kormos
• Impact of learning conditions on young FL learners' motivation / Jelena Mihaljević Djigunović
• Early modern foreign language programmes and outcomes : factors contributing to Hungarian learners' proficiency / Marianne Nikolov
• Using the early years literacy programme in primary EFL Norwegian classrooms / Ion Drew
• The age factor and L2 reading strategies / Renata Šamo
• A study of FL composing process and writing strategies employed by young learners / Eleni Griva, Helen Tsakiridou and Ioanna Nihoritou
• How do 9-11-year-old Croatians perceive sounds and read aloud in French? / Vanda Marijanović, Nathalie Panissal and Michel Billières
• Differences between the processes and outcomes in third graders' learning of English and Ukrainian in Hungarian schools in Beregszász / Ilona Huszti, Márta Fábián and Erzsébet Bárányné Komári
• The growth of young learners' English vocabulary size / Andrea Orosz
• Factors influencing young learners' vocabulary acquisition / Magdalena Szpotowicz
• An eye on target language use in elementary English classrooms in China / Jing Peng and Lili Zhang
• What primary school pupils think about learning English as a foreign language / Kirsztina Nagy.