Children's Additional Language Learning in Instructional Settings

Implications for Teaching and Future Research

AvYuko Goto Butler

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

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This book provides the first comprehensive overview of young children’s language learning in pre-primary and primary education. It collates research to date on language development and pedagogy among children learning a language in addition to their home language(s) in instructional settings, providing readers with a thorough understanding of the topic and directions for further study. The book promotes a learner-centered approach to research and teaching and encourages critical reflection on how best to conduct research among children. It recognizes the substantial diversity of young language learning experiences and pays attention to individual differences and variability in children’s language development, embracing an ecological perspective sensitive to contextual factors. Closing the gap between research and practice, each chapter opens with pedagogical or policy-related questions, explores relevant theories and research findings from instructed second language acquisition, and offers discussion questions and recommended reading for further reflection and study. This will be invaluable reading for all those who are undertaking research and working with young language learners.

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Utgivningsdatum:2025-06-10
Mått:156 x 234 x 15 mm
Vikt:680 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Early Language Learning in School Contexts
Antal sidor:344
Förlag:Multilingual Matters
ISBN:9781800413788

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Yuko Goto Butler is a Professor of Educational Linguistics and Director of the Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Program in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. Her research focuses on young language learners, language assessment and technology in language teaching.

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This volume offers a comprehensible and insightful analysis of key factors shaping children’s additional language learning in instructional settings. With its thoughtful exploration of children’s oral and written development, the role of instruction, affective and social factors as well as digital technology, the volume provides invaluable guidance for researchers and educators. A must-read for anyone devoted to fostering children’s success in additional language learning.

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AbbreviationsIntroductionChapter 1. Exploring Children’s Additional Language Learning in SchoolWhy understanding their development is so challenging?Chapter 2. First Language Development and its DiversityWhat do children know about and do with language before attending additional language classes?Chapter 3. The Influence of Starting AgeIs "the younger, the better" true for additional language learning?Chapter 4. The Roles of Cognitive Development and First LanguageWhat distinguishes children’s additional language learning from their first language learning and adults’ additional language learning?Chapter 5. Written Language DevelopmentHow do children learn to read and write in an additional language?Chapter 6. Tasks and Interactions in Language ClassroomsHow do tasks and interactions promote children’s additional language learning?Chapter 7. Affect and Social FactorsWhat do we know about the role of affect and social factors in children’s additional language learning?Chapter 8. Digital Technology and Children’s Language LearningHow does digital technology influence children’s additional language learning?Chapter 9. Teaching and Teachers of Young Language LearnersWhat is unique about teaching additional language to children?Chapter 10. Assessing Additional Language LearningWhat should teachers keep in mind when assessing children’s additional language learning?Chapter 11. Learning Additional Languages through Academic ContentHow do children learn both language and content?Chapter 12. Future Directions for ResearchWhat considerations are necessary when researching children’s additional language learning?ReferencesDiscussion Questions and Additional ReadingsIndex