| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
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| Author: |
PinterAnclmaria., |
| Place of Publication: |
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York |
| Published: |
Palgrave Macmillan; |
| Year of Publication: |
2011 |
| Description: |
1 online resource (296 p.) |
| Series: |
Research and practice in applied linguistics |
| Subject: |
Language acquisition - Age factors. - |
| Subject: |
Second language acquisition - Study and teaching. - |
| Subject: |
Bilingualism in children. - |
| Subject: |
EDUCATION - Elementary. - |
| Online resource: |
http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230302297 |
| Notes: |
Description based on print version record. |
| Summary: |
"ELT for children continues to be a big growth area worldwide. This is a comprehensive survey of key concepts specific to language teaching for children with up to date research findings, plus listings of resources for research and practice"-- |
| ISBN: |
9780230302297electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
0230302297electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
hardback |
| ISBN: |
hardback |
| Content Note: |
Introduction Part I. Background to Child Second Language Acquisition and Pedagogy: 1. Theories of child development; 2. Language learning processes in childhood: first and second languages; 3. Contexts for language acquisition in childhood Part II. Overview of Research Studies: 4. Child SLA and pedagogy: a broad overview of approaches to research; 5. Case studies: interactions between research and practice Part III. Issues in Future Research and Practice: 6. Exploring ethical and methodological issues in research with children; 7. Some feasible studies for future research Part IV. Resources: 8. Resources in child SLA and pedagogy. |