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Direct linkRubio, Fernando – American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, 2022
It is said that children are amazing at acquiring their first language (L1); by the time they reach school age, they are using complex grammar and demonstrating a wide vocabulary. Even more impressive, these young learners might show up at school with two languages in their toolbox or add a second language (L2) with far less effort than older…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency, Age Differences
Peer reviewedButler, Yuko Goto – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2017
Young learners (defined as children ages 5-12) of English as a foreign language are growing in number worldwide. At the policy level, foreign language (FL) programs for young learners are increasingly emphasizing the use of task-based language teaching (TBLT). In practice, however, designing and implementing tasks for young learners poses numerous…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Children, Preadolescents, English (Second Language)
PDF pending restorationAngelova, Tanka Gueorguieva; Lekova, Branimira Christova – 1995
This study examined the methods used to improve and increase the efficiency of early childhood foreign language education through movements and speech in play situations. The goals of the study were (1) to devise an adaptable model for variable situations in early childhood foreign language education through playing motoric games, and (2) to…
Descriptors: Child Development, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education
