LEADER 05219nam 2200733Ia 450 001 9910811095103321 005 20230721005740.0 010 $a1-282-71721-9 010 $a9786612717215 010 $a3-11-021828-3 024 7 $a10.1515/9783110218282 035 $a(CKB)2550000000005649 035 $a(EBL)476108 035 $a(OCoLC)587604007 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000334478 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11257068 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000334478 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10258419 035 $a(PQKB)10726071 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC476108 035 $a(DE-B1597)36342 035 $a(OCoLC)719450481 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783110218282 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL476108 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10348570 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL271721 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000005649 100 $a20091014d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe age factor and early language learning$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Marianne Nikolov 210 $aBerlin ;$aNew York $cMouton de Gruyter$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (430 p.) 225 1 $aStudies on language acquisition ;$v40 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-11-021827-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $t1. The age factor in context -- $t2. Early foreign language learning: Published research, good practice and main principles -- $t3. Assessment of early learning of foreign languages in the USA -- $t4. Assessing young language learners: What is the construct? -- $t5. Language proficiency and age-appropriate methodology at the English Kindergarten of Kuopio -- $t6. ''I can you help?'' Assessing speaking skills and interaction strategies of young learners -- $t7. Input and long-term effects of early learning in a formal setting -- $t8. English /l/ and /r/ acquisition by Japanese children and adults -- $t9. Individual differences in early language programmes -- $t10. Early foreign language instruction in Greece: Socioeconomic factors and their effect on young learners' language development -- $t11. The role of aptitude in young learners' foreign language learning -- $t12. Primary English in China: Policy, curriculum and implementation -- $t13. The teacher factor in early foreign language learning programmes: The case of Vietnam -- $t14. Chinese primary school students' use of communication strategies in EFL classrooms -- $t15. Expanding the comparative context for early language learning: From foreign to heritage and minority language programmes -- $t16. The status of the target language: Contemporary criteria influencing language choices for early learners in England -- $t17. English for Young Learners (EYL) in grades 1 and 2 in Israel: A critical discourse analysis -- $t Backmatter 330 $aThis edited volume documents the state of the art in research into how the age factor interacts with other factors in a variety of educational contexts. The book comprises 17 chapters examining early language learning and teaching in a range of countries in Europe, Asia and North America. Authors discuss main themes in research methodology, curricular and assessment issues, short- and long-term outcomes, the role of individual differences, innovation in teacher education, classroom processes, as well as the impact of the target language. The first two chapters (Nikolov; Edelenbos and Kubanek) overview the main trends in research. Four papers (Curtain;Ofra Inbar-Lourie and Elana Shohamy; Jalkannen; Haenni Hoti, Heinzmann, and Müller) focus on the assessment of young learners; two authors examine how age impacts on language learning over time (Muņoz; Kasai). Individual differences (motivation, anxiety, aptitude, and socio-economic status) are explored byMihaljevi? Djigunovi?, Mattheoudakis and Alexiou, and Kiss. Innovation is the common theme in chapters written by Wang, Moon, and Peng and Zhang. The last three papers analyze the status of languages (Harris, Enever, Carmel). The book is a must have for teacher educators of pre- and in-service teachers of modern languages to young learners, MA and PhD students in TEFL/TESOL and other languages, researchers and policy makers. 410 0$aStudies on language acquisition ;$v40. 606 $aLanguage acquisition$xAge factors 606 $aSecond language acquisition 606 $aLanguage and languages$xStudy and teaching 606 $aBilingualism in children 610 $aApplied Linguistics. 610 $aLanguage Teaching. 610 $aSecond Language Acquisition. 615 0$aLanguage acquisition$xAge factors. 615 0$aSecond language acquisition. 615 0$aLanguage and languages$xStudy and teaching. 615 0$aBilingualism in children. 676 $a407.1 686 $aER 920$2rvk 701 $aNikolov$b Marianne$01642903 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910811095103321 996 $aThe age factor and early language learning$93987839 997 $aUNINA