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The Effects of Foreign Language Programmes in Early Childhood Education and Care: A Systematic Review
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Thieme, Anne-Mieke M. M.; Hanekamp, Kyra; Andringa, Sible; Verhagen, Josje; Kuiken, Folkert – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2022
This systematic review investigates the effects of foreign language programmes in early childhood education and care (ECEC), which are increasingly popular. Foreign language ECEC centres familiarise very young children with a foreign language, and in general also expose them to the majority language. This review synthesises research on the effects…
Descriptors: Second Language Programs, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Early Childhood Education
Foreign Language Learning and Its Impact on Wider Academic Outcomes: A Rapid Evidence Assessment
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Murphy, Victoria A.; Arndt, Henriette; Baffoe-Djan, Jessica Briggs; Chalmers, Hamish; Macaro, Ernesto; Rose, Heath; Vanderplank, Robert; Woore, Robert – Education Endowment Foundation, 2020
The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) commissioned this Rapid Evidence Assessment (REA) with a view to understanding what is known from the research literature concerning learning a foreign language (FL) and its impact on students' wider academic outcomes. The key questions addressed examine: (1) the research identifying what approaches to…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Comparative Analysis, Attribution Theory
Language Policy and Economic and Social Development.
Ingram, D. E. – 1987
A discussion of language policy making and its place in a nation's economic and social development uses Australia's experience as a case study. In particular, it reviews the factors such as multiculturalism and international relations that have led to the development of a national language policy, and examines the interim documents and the…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Correlation, Economic Development, Educational Assessment