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Direct linkMarianne Nikolov; Jelena Mihaljevic Djigunovic – Language Teaching, 2023
This article offers insights into trends found in 74 empirical studies on teaching and learning a foreign language (FL) in pre-primary schools in 25 countries. The emerging picture is like that of primary-school programs: most are implemented in English, mostly owing to parents' enthusiasm rather than evidence on long term FL benefits. Researchers…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Preschool Children, Preschool Education
Van Oss, Victoria; Vantieghem, Wendelien; Van Avermaet, Piet; Struys, Esli – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2023
This paper explores the connection between nurses' multilingual beliefs and their advice on multilingual parenting to families with young children. Data was gathered through video-stimulated reflection dialogues with 11 nurses employed at infant welfare clinics in Belgium. Our analysis disclosed two salient counter topics regarding participants'…
Descriptors: Nurses, Nursing, Multilingualism, Language Attitudes
Simon-Cereijido, Gabriela; Gutierrez-Clellen, Vera F.; Sweet, Monica – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2013
We investigated the factors that may help understand the differential rates of language development in the home language (i.e., Spanish) of Latino preschoolers with specific language impairment. Children were randomly assigned to either bilingual or English-only small group interventions and followed from preschool to kindergarten. Predictors of…
Descriptors: Language Skill Attrition, Psycholinguistics, Language Acquisition, Spanish
Download full textEkstrand, Lars Henric – 1992
Assumptions of strong, causal relations between cognition, language, and affection are often made in general and in bilingualism in particular. This paper presents first a set of hypotheses concerning the relation between affection and language in bilingualism. One subset is concerned with language learning, language maintenance, and mental health…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Affective Behavior, Bilingualism, Child Development
Peer reviewedTitone, Renzo – International Review of Education, 1978
This paper presents a summary of recent investigations on cognitive development through the first and second language in a bilingual program. The "Glossodynamic Model" of language learning is presented as a basis for explaining how the child's cognitive and affective development are enhanced by bilingual stimulation. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Cognitive Development, Emotional Development
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1978
This volume contains six essays on both theory and practical learning techniques for second language learning. In "Towards a Synthesization of Teaching Methodologies for TESOL," James W. Ney discusses synthesizing the audio-lingual approach and the cognitive-code theory of language learning. In "Should We Teach Children…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Emotional Development
Ekstrand, Lars Henric – 1978
This report is a compilation of five research papers in second language acquisition and immigrant adaptability that are part of studies conducted in Sweden over the last twenty years. (1) "Language teaching and psycho-physics" discusses basic measurement problems in the assessment of second language proficiency, where testing of writing and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Age, Biculturalism, Bilingual Students
