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de Wolf, Stephana; Smit, Nienke; Lowie, Wander – ELT Journal, 2017
Elementary-level foreign language education is currently receiving a lot of attention in the literature on second language learning, and has emerged as an important educational policy issue. The present study aims to contribute to this discussion by focusing on the fluency benefits gained from early foreign language teaching. The participants were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Second Language Learning, Language Fluency
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Serrano, Raquel; Tragant, Elsa; Llanes, Àngels – ELT Journal, 2014
The purpose of this study is to examine two L2 learning contexts (study abroad versus EFL intensive instruction at home) in terms of language development and learners' characteristics (including students' initial predisposition to learn English and their experience in the programme they enrolled in). Two groups of teenagers were considered: one…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction