ABSTRACT
The age for early language learning has dropped dramatically in the past decade to include children under 6 years old, yet very little published research exists to support the implementation of such programmes.
Drawing on a synthesis of theory, research and practice, this edited volume makes an innovative contribution to literature concerning language education for very young children. It explores language learning in a wide range of geographical contexts with reference to second and foreign language learning, bilingualism and plurilingualism with children under the age of 6 years old. Chapters present discussion around teacher education, policy-making, international case studies, school and home-based projects, code switching and language use, and methodologies and approaches.
Early Years Second Language Education: International perspectives on theory and practice will be essential reading for researchers, academics, teacher trainers, and post-graduate students in the fields of early years education, foreign and second language education, language didactics and teacher education.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|79 pages
Focus on the child
chapter 2|17 pages
Bilingual pre-primary schools
chapter 4|16 pages
Response to picturebooks
chapter 5|14 pages
Multilingual becoming in reading
part III|69 pages
Focus on the classroom approaches
chapter 7|11 pages
Introducing French to pre-primary children in the North East of England
chapter 8|17 pages
Languages and diversity in pre-primary education
part II|74 pages
Focus on teachers and parents