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Direct linkThieme, 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
Boyson, Beverly A.; Semmer, Martha; Thompson, Lynn E.; Rosenbusch, Marcia H. – Foreign Language Annals, 2013
Educators have generally believed that foreign language instruction should begin in kindergarten or earlier to promote optimum oral language development (e.g., Abbott, 1998; Curtain & Dahlberg, 2010; Rhodes & Pufahl, 2010; Rosenbusch, 1991; Swender & Duncan, 1998). This article describes two Spanish programs in the Westport…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Oral Language
