Janet Enever explores the complex forces that shape national and local language education
policymaking for the early introduction of English as a foreign language at primary and pre …

Abstract Language education aims at giving the same opportunities to all students
irrespective of their background. Unfortunately, large-scale studies have generally shown …

En Polonia, la enseñanza de una lengua extranjera a los más jóvenes, es decir, a los niños
de 6 años o menos, tiene una tradición relativamente larga tanto en los servicios educativos …

This book synthesises research on very early language learning in pre-primary organised
instruction settings such as kindergarten, nursery or afternoon classes. Using a framework of …

The increasing of parental involvement in children's EFL learning is highlighted (Rixon,
2019), with parents preferring to start as early as possible (Fleta, 2019). In response to this …

The chapter focuses on transition between the preprimary to primary level of English as a
foreign language (EFL) education with coherence and continuity as key factors. Although the …

When CLIL concerns young learners, additional language might be used as a vehicle to
teach part of the curriculum that pre-school would address in any case. Consequently …

Early English education has been motivated by (a) the neoliberal belief that the English
language is a powerful commodity that all children should attain and (b) the widely held …

A lockdown occurred in Spain in 2019-20 arising from COVID-19. This implied an adaptation
from face-to-face to virtual teaching. Parents had to cope with their children's needs as for …

The increasing of parental involvement in children's EFL learning is highlighted (Rixon,
2019), with parents preferring to start as early as possible (Fleta, 2019). In response to this …