The Routledge Handbook of Teaching English to Young Learners (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Garton, Sue; Copland, Fiona

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Routledge Handbook of Teaching English to Young Learners celebrates the 'coming of age' for the field of research in primary level English Language Teaching. With 33 chapters written by international scholars from a wide geographical area including East Africa, Mexico, the South Pacific, Japan, France, the USA and the UK, this volume draws on areas such as second language acquisition, discourse analysis, pedagogy and technology to provide:

• An overview of the current state of the field, identifying key areas of TEYL;
• Chapters on a broad range of subjects from methodology to teaching in difficult circumstances and from Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) to gaming;
• Suggestions of ways forward, with the aim of shaping the future research agenda of TEYL in multiple international contexts;
• Background research and practical advice for students, teachers and researchers.

With extensive guidance on further reading throughout, The Routledge Handbook of Teaching English to Young Learners is essential reading for those studying and researching in this area.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 562
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317226710
• Artikelnr.: 54108174

Autorenporträt

Sue Garton is a Reader in TESOL and Associate Dean of External Relations within the School of Languages and Social Sciences at Aston University, UK. Fiona Copland is a Professor of TESOL and Associate Dean of Research within the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Stirling, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures

List of Tables

Introduction

PART 1 - Macro Issues

1. Languages policy and English for young learners in early education

2. The age debate: a critical overview

3. Early language learning teacher education

4. Young learners' motivation for learning English

5. Teaching English to young learners in difficult circumstances

PART 2 In the Young Learner Classroom

6. Contexts of learning in TEYL

7. Multilingualism in primary schools

8. Differentiated Instruction for Young English Learners

9. Languages in the young learner classroom

10. Classroom management for teaching English to young learners

PART 3 Young Learner Pedagogy

11. Fostering young learners' listening and speaking skills

12. Teaching reading and writing to young learners

13. Teaching grammar to young learners

14. Vocabulary teaching for young learners

15. Critical pedagogy and teaching English to children

16. CLIL in the primary school context

17. Learning through literature

18. Language learning through projects

PART 4 Technology and Young Learner Curriculum

19. Gaming and young learners

20. Mobile learning for young english learners

21. Classroom technology for young learners

22. Syllabus development in early English language teaching

23. Materials for early language learning

24 Assessment of young English language learners

Part 5 Researching Young Learners

25. Research issues with young learners

26. Research into the teaching of English as a foreign language in early childhood education and care

27. Research on learning English outside the classroom

Part 6 Teaching English to Young Learners: Regional Perspectives

28. Early English language learning in Africa: challenges and opportunities

29. Early English language learning in East Asia

30. The teaching of English to young learners in Europe

31. Teaching English to young learners: some reflective voices from Latin America

32. The teaching of English to young learners across the Pacific