Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Dedication v
3. Contents vii
4. Contributors ix
5. Acknowledgements xvii
6. Enriching the Tapestry of Early Foreign Language Learning and Teaching: A Preface xix
7. 1 Learners can be Applied to Children, Teachers and all Stakeholders 1
8. 2 On How One Would Teach English to a Dalmatian Dog 14
9. 3 Innovations in Research On and With Young Learners 33
10. 4 The Use of Verbal Report to Describe Strategies Used by Young Language Learners 48
11. 5 Verbal Reports as an Instructional Tool for Young Second Language Learners: An Intervention Study 61
12. 6 Upper Primary School Learners’ Interaction in Face-to-Face and Instant Messaging Modalities: A Focus on Metatask and Metalanguage Episodes 80
13. 7 Translanguaging and Meaning Making in Young Learners’ EFL Classes in Israel 96
14. 8 Young Learners’ L2 Vocabulary Acquisition Through Extensive Viewing 114
15. 9 Culture-Related Vocabulary in Textbooks for Young Learners of English 132
16. 10 Natural Semantic Metalanguage: A Bridge Between Languages in the Multilingual Classroom 150
17. 11 Early Language Oracy Development: Challenges from Research in Multilingual Contexts 169
18. 12 Children’s Voices on Starting English at the Primary vs. Pre-Primary Level 184
19. 13 ‘Why Do You Learn Spanish?’ ‘To Play in La Liga’: Attitudes and Motivation of Young Learners of Spanish in Croatia 201
20. 14 ‘I Didn’t Know Such a Thing Existed’: Young Adults’ Early Encounters with Literature and the Meanings They Attach to Them 218
21. 15 Looking Back to Look Forward: Approaches to Young Foreign Language Learners’ Assessment in Croatia 236
22. 16 EFL Teachers’ Perspectives on and Practices in Assessing Young Learners in Serbia 256
23. 17 The Role of Aptitude in Young Learners’ Success: Domain-General or Domain-Specific Analytic Abilities? 275
24. 18 Primary School L2 Learning: The General Empirical Picture and Specific Policy Issues in the Irish Context 292
25. 19 A Case Study on Family Language Policy of China in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area 308
26. Index 328