Introduction / Rhonda Oliver and Bich Nguyen -- English as an additional language learning : a specialist approach with young learners / Yvonne Haig -- Teaching young EAL/D learners in mainstream contexts / Toni Dobinson and Bich Nguyen -- Teaching EAL/D to young learners in indigenous contexts / Carly Steele and Gillian Wigglesworth -- Teaching EFL to young learners / Gurtzane Azkarai and Rhonda Oliver -- Teaching young second language learners in LOTE contexts / Honglin Chen and Janica Nordstrom -- Getting two for one : learning another language through CLIL / Andrea Truckenbrodt and Russell Cross
Summary
Adopting a learner-centred approach that places an emphasis on hands-on child SL methodology, this book illustrates the practices used to teach young second language learners in different classroom contexts: The pedagogical strategies for teaching young language learners in the six chapters are firmly guided by research-based findings, enabling not only pre-service teachers but also experienced teachers to make informed choices of how to effectively facilitate the development of the target language, empowering them to assume an active and effective role of classroom practitioners