UZRT 2016
Author: Stela Letica krevelj
Publisher: Filozofski fakultet u Zagrebu
Published: 2017-08-21
Total Pages: 149
ISBN-13: 9531756627
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UZRT 2018: Empirical Studies in Applied Linguistics
Author: Renata Geld
Publisher: Filozofski fakultet u Zagrebu
Published: 2020-07-16
Total Pages: 162
ISBN-13: 9531758433
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Palgrave Handbook of Motivation for Language Learning
Author: Martin Lamb
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2020-01-11
Total Pages: 704
ISBN-13: 3030283801
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis handbook offers an authoritative, one-stop reference work for the dynamic and expanding field of language learning motivation. The 32 chapters have been specially commissioned from the field’s most influential researchers and writers. Together they present a compelling picture of the motivations people have for learning languages, the diverse ways we can research motivation, and the implications for promoting and sustaining learners’ motivation. The first section outlines the main theoretical approaches to language learning motivation; the next section presents ways in which motivation theory has been applied in practice; the third section showcases examples of motivation research in particular contexts and with particular types of language learners; and the final section describes the exciting directions that contemporary research is taking, promising important new insights for academics and practitioners alike.
Early Language Learning
Author: Janet Enever
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Published: 2017-07-06
Total Pages: 297
ISBN-13: 1783098333
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the first collection of research studies to explore the potential for mixed methods to shed light on foreign or second language learning by young learners in instructed contexts. It brings together recent studies undertaken in Cameroon, China, Croatia, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Tanzania and the UK. Themes include English as an additional language, English as a second or foreign language, French as a modern foreign language, medium of instruction controversies and content and language integrated learning (CLIL). The volume reviews the choice of research methodologies for early language learning research in schools with a particular focus on mixed methods and proposes that in the multidisciplinary context of early language learning this paradigm allows for a more comprehensive understanding of the evidence than other approaches might provide. The collection will be of interest to in-service and trainee teachers of young language learners, graduate students in the field of TESOL and early language learning, teacher educators, researchers and policymakers.
UPRT 2015
Author: Magdolna Lehmann
Publisher: Lingua Franca Csoport
Published: 2016-08-13
Total Pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9636429790
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Learning Foreign Languages in Primary School
Author: María del Pilar García Mayo
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Published: 2017-06-16
Total Pages: 198
ISBN-13: 1783098120
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book presents research on the learning of foreign languages by children aged 6-12 years old in primary school settings. The collection provides a significant and important contribution to this often overlooked domain and aims to provide research-based evidence that might help to inform and develop pedagogical practice. Topics covered in the chapters include the influence of learner characteristics on word retrieval; explicit second language learning and language awareness; meaning construction; narrative oral development; conversational interaction and how it relates to individual variables; first language use; feedback on written production; intercultural awareness raising and feedback on diagnostic assessment. It will be of interest to undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, teachers and stakeholders who are interested in research on how children learn a second language at primary school.
Teaching Practices and Equitable Learning in Children's Language Education
Author: Giannikas, Christina Nicole
Publisher: IGI Global
Published: 2021-03-26
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 1799864898
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEducating children and leading them towards the path of bilingualism is a valuable and challenging task for any educator. Effective language teaching can contribute to young learners’ cognitive growth, develop their problem-solving skills, enhance their comprehension abilities, and provide children with the satisfaction of succeeding in the challenge of learning a foreign language. All these issues must be taken under consideration when researching children and their teachers. The current literature indicates that further material is needed to provide professionals with different classroom situations and enhance the art of teaching children. Teaching Practices and Equitable Learning in Children's Language Education focuses on various perspectives of efficient practices, approaches, and ideas for professional development in the field of young language learners. The chapters in this book link the theoretical understanding and practical experience of teaching children languages by concentrating on teaching practices, material design, classroom management, reading, speaking, writing, and more. This book is designed for inservice and preservice teachers, administrators, teacher educators, practitioners, stakeholders, researchers, academicians, and students interested in the field of early language learning and applied linguistics at large.
Assessing Young Learners of English: Global and Local Perspectives
Author: Marianne Nikolov
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2015-10-29
Total Pages: 343
ISBN-13: 3319224220
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume documents international, national, and small-scale testing and assessment projects of English language education for young learners, across a range of educational contexts. It covers three main areas: age-appropriate ‘can do statements’ and task types for teaching and testing learners between the ages of 6 to 13; innovative approaches to self-assessment, diagnostic testing, self- perception, and computer-based testing; and findings on how young learners perform on vocabulary, listening, speaking, pronunciation, and reading comprehension tests in European and Asian contexts. Early language learning has become a major trend in English language education around the globe. As a result of the spread of teaching English to a growing number of young children, assessment of and for learning have emerged as key issues. In line with this development, there is a clear and emerging need to make early language programs accountable and to assess both the progress children make over time and to quantify their achievement at various stages of development. This volume informs stakeholders about the realistic goals of early language learning, their efficiency, and how much progress children make over time.
UPRT 2017
Author: Magdolna Lehmann
Publisher: Lingua Franca Csoport
Published: 2019-03-04
Total Pages: 317
ISBN-13: 9634293077
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Beyond Age Effects in Instructional L2 Learning
Author: Simone E. Pfenninger
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Published: 2017-04-21
Total Pages: 271
ISBN-13: 1783097647
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book constitutes a holistic study of how and why late starters surpass early starters in comparable instructional settings. Combining advanced quantitative methods with individual-level qualitative data, it examines the role of age of onset in the context of the Swiss multilingual educational system and focuses on performance at the beginning and end of secondary school, thereby offering a long-term view of the teenage experience of foreign language learning. The study scrutinised factors that seem to prevent young starters from profiting from their extended learning period and investigated the mechanisms that enable late beginners to catch up with early beginners relatively quickly. Taking account of contextual factors, individual socio-affective factors and instructional factors within a single longitudinal study, the book makes a convincing case that age of onset is not only of minimal relevance for many aspects of instructed language acquisition, but that in this context, for a number of reasons, a later onset can be beneficial.
