Full Description
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 32 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.
Contents
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
