Early Language Learning

Janet Enever is Professor of Language Teaching and Learning at Umeå University, Sweden and Visiting Professor at University of Reading, UK. Her research interests include early language learning, language policy, globalisation and language learning, and pre-school language learning. Eva Lindgren is Associate Professor of Language Teaching and Learning at Umeå University, Sweden. Her research interests include early language learning, literacy, minority/indigenous education and multilingualism.

Dedication



List of Contributors



List of Figures



List of Tables



1. Eva Lindgren and Janet Enever: Introduction: Mixed Methods In Early Language Learning Research – Examining Complexity



SECTION 1. OVERVIEWS OF RESEARCH FINDINGS



2. Agatha J. Van Ginkel: Early Language Learning in Complex Linguistic Settings, Insights from Africa



3. Patricia Driscoll: The Complexity of Cultural Learning within Early Language Learning: A Model of Good Practice                                                



4. Victoria Murphy: Literacy Development in Children with English as an Additional Language (EAL)



SECTION 2. EMPIRICAL STUDIES USING MIXED METHODS



5. Alison Porter: Verbal Working Memory and Foreign Language Learning In English Primary Schools:  Implications for Teaching and Learning



6. Jiang Changsheng, Zhang Jie, Liang Xiaohua, Yuan Yuan and Qun Xie: Piecing Together the Jigsaw: Understanding Motivations of English Learners in Chinese Primary School through a Questionnaire and Elicited Metaphor Analysis



7. Judith Buendgens-Kosten, Ilonca Hardy and Daniela Elsner: Code-Switching Your Way to Language Learning? Receptive Code-Switching With Digital Storybooks in Early Language Learning



8. Heather Hilton: Individual Differences and English L2 Learning in Two Primary Classrooms in France



9. Karmen Pižorn: Content and Language Integrated Learning: A Panacea for Young English Language Learners?       



SECTION 3. LONGITUDINAL PERSPECTIVES USING MIXED METHODS



10. Yuko Goto Butler: The Dynamics of Motivation Development among Young Learners of English in China                                                                         



11. Lucilla Lopriore: Young Italian Learners’ Foreign Language Development: A Longitudinal Perspective



12. Eva Lindgren and Janet Enever: Employing Mixed Methods for the Construction of Thick Descriptions of Early Language Learning           



13. Jelena Mihaljević Djigunović: Developmental Aspects of Early EFL Learning



SECTION FOUR: EVALUATING EARLY LANGUAGE LEARNING PROGRAMMES



14. María Del Pilar García Mayo and Ainara Imaz: Child EFL Interaction: Age, Instructional Setting and Development



15. Peter Sayer, Ruth Ban and Magdalena López De Anda: Evaluating the Educational Outcomes of an Early Foreign Language Program: The Design of an Impact Study for the Primary English Program in Mexico



16. Raphaela Porsch and Eva Wilden: The Development of a Curriculum-Based C-Test for Young EFL Learners



17. Janet Enever and Eva Lindgren Mixed Methods in Early Language Learning Research