Within the field of second language acquisition (SLA), there has been much less research
undertaken with children than with adults, yet the two cohorts are quite distinct in …

The purpose of the report is:(1) to inform policy-makers of existing research and practices in
mother-tongue instruction in early childhood and early primary school years; and (2) to raise …

This comprehensive guide to research and debate centres around language learning in
childhood, the age factor and the different contexts where language learning happens …

This is a vocabulary research manual. It aims to give you the background knowledge
necessary to design rigorous and effective research studies into the behavior of L1 and L2 …

Foreign language education has now been implemented at the elementary school level
across Europe, and early foreign language education has gained traction following …

The aim of this research was to study the learning conditions in preschool that support
young multilingual children's language and communicative development, and their …

This study investigates Vietnamese EFL teachers' beliefs and practices regarding oral
corrective feedback, exploring and seeking to explain some of the relationships between …

This chapter explores some of the pedagogical challenges that arise at the interface of
content and language teaching. Drawing on empirical research, the chapter outlines best …

Bilingualism and multilingualism are highly complex and multidimensional linguistic,
psychological, and social behaviors. This chapter discusses the key issues at the …

We conducted a multisite replication of Yang and Lyster's (2010) study investigating the
effects of recasts and prompts on learning English regular and irregular past tense. Our …