Second language learning in the early school years : Trends and contexts
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- ISBN: 9780194348850
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xv, 208 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
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Formatted Contents Note: | 1. A typology of contexts -- Introduction -- Age and L2 learning in primary school children -- A typology of L2 contexts -- Theoretical approaches underpinning differences in L2 outcomes -- Educational implications -- Conclusions -- 2. Bilingual development in young children -- Introduction -- Denning bilingualism -- Bilingual speech processing -- Comparisons with monolingual development -- Differentiation of the two linguistic systems -- Code-switching -- Cross-linguistic influence -- Dominance -- Cognitive effects of bilingualism -- The age issue -- Educational implications -- Conclusions -- 3. Heritage language learners -- Introduction -- Who are `heritage language learners'? The problem of definition -- Sociopolitical context, educational policy, and identity -- Incomplete acquisition? -- The age issue -- Educational implications -- Conclusions -- 4. Minority language learners -- Introduction -- Vocabulary development in minority language learners -- Literacy development in minority language learners -- Listening development in minority language learners -- Bilingual education and minority language learners -- Types of bilingual programme -- The age issue -- Educational implications -- Conclusions -- 5. Majority language learners: immersion education -- Introduction -- Immersion programmes -- Pedagogical issues -- Cognitive effects of immersion -- Two-way bilingual programmes -- Content and language integrated learning -- Immersion gone global -- The age issue -- Educational implications -- Conclusions -- 6. Instructed foreign language learning in primary school -- Introduction -- Policy -- Provision -- Outcomes -- The age issue -- Educational implications -- Conclusions -- 7. Trends, implications, and conclusions -- Introduction -- Theoretical assumptions regarding age and L2 learning -- Trends across contexts -- Educational implications and conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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The Pas Campus Library | P 118.2 .M87 2014 (Text) | 58500000441063 | Stacks | Volume hold | Available | - |