This article offers insights into trends found in 74 empirical studies on teaching and learning
a foreign language (FL) in pre-primary schools in 25 countries. The emerging picture is like …

The democratisation of early childhood education and care and the promotion of
plurilingualism across Europe have facilitated the implementation of educational projects …

Preparing teachers for early language education is crucial for the quality of early childhood
education and care. In the recent decades, the role of teachers and, consequently …

The growing global trend of teaching and learning English as a foreign language at an ever
younger age has resulted in a proliferation of a variety of programs, both formal and …

Introducing English as a foreign language (FL) has become widespread in ECE in Europe,
typified by initiatives involving specialist teachers of English visiting settings for short periods …

This chapter discusses English language education for three-to six-year-olds. It begins with
an introduction to the terms and referents and a description of early childhood education and …

This chapter discusses the possibilities of enabling peer interaction through structured child-
initiated play in a low exposure, foreign language context. The research took place in a pre …

Second and foreign language projects in pre-primary institutions in Europe have been
influenced by a European language education policy in the last decade that stresses the …

El presente artículo aborda el auge del aprendizaje de lenguas extranjeras en edades
tempranas (ATLE), en concreto, en la etapa de Educación Infantil. Para ello analizaremos …

Resumen El Consejo de Europa ha impulsado la introducción de lenguas en etapas muy
tempranas con la intención de conformar una Europa plurilingüe. En España, la enseñanza …