M Schwartz - Handbook of early language education, 2020 - Springer
This chapter provides a theorization of language-conducive strategies (Schwartz M, Preschool bilingual education: agency in interactions between children, teachers, and …
The democratisation of early childhood education and care and the promotion of plurilingualism across Europe have facilitated the implementation of educational projects …
Teaching a foreign language in preschool is a matter of great interest at the present moment in most European countries. The Council of Europe has paid particular attention to early …
S Mourão - European Early Childhood Education Research …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
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 …
J Bland - Teaching English to young learners, 2015 - torrossa.com
Drama in the language classroom is like a magical box of tools; the more you take out of it, the more you find inside for future use. I have observed hundreds of primary-school lessons …
S Mourão - The Routledge handbook of teaching English to …, 2018 - taylorfrancis.com
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 …
S Mourão - Preschool bilingual education: Agency in interactions …, 2018 - Springer
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 …
P Scheffler, A Domińska - ELT Journal, 2018 - academic.oup.com
This study investigated own-language use in teaching English as a foreign language to preschool children. Interviews were conducted with 20 teachers involved in preschool …
L Jin, M Cortazzi - The Routledge handbook of teaching English to …, 2018 - taylorfrancis.com
This chapter starts with an overview of young English learners in East Asia. It evaluates the general trends and educational policies for English learning and developing kindergarten …