6. ‘‘I can you help?’’ Assessing speaking skills and interaction strategies of young learners

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. 1. The age factor in context 1
4. 2. Early foreign language learning: Published research, good practice and main principles 39
5. 3. Assessment of early learning of foreign languages in the USA 59
6. 4. Assessing young language learners: What is the construct? 83
7. 5. Language proficiency and age-appropriate methodology at the English Kindergarten of Kuopio 97
8. 6. ‘‘I can you help?’’ Assessing speaking skills and interaction strategies of young learners 119
9. 7. Input and long-term effects of early learning in a formal setting 141
10. 8. English /l/ and /r/ acquisition by Japanese children and adults 161
11. 9. Individual differences in early language programmes 199
12. 10. Early foreign language instruction in Greece: Socioeconomic factors and their effect on young learners’ language development 227
13. 11. The role of aptitude in young learners’ foreign language learning 253
14. 12. Primary English in China: Policy, curriculum and implementation 277
15. 13. The teacher factor in early foreign language learning programmes: The case of Vietnam 311
16. 14. Chinese primary school students’ use of communication strategies in EFL classrooms 337
17. 15. Expanding the comparative context for early language learning: From foreign to heritage and minority language programmes 351
18. 16. The status of the target language: Contemporary criteria influencing language choices for early learners in England 377
19. 17. English for Young Learners (EYL) in grades 1 and 2 in Israel: A critical discourse analysis 403
20. Backmatter 423