Comparing selected modern methods of teaching english to young learners:
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Main Author: Rokoszewska, Katarzyna (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Frankfurt Lang 2012
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 5; Abbreviations 7; Introduction 9; Chapter I First and second language acquisition in children 13; 1.1 Theories explaining first and second language acquisition 13; 1.2 Theories of child development 22; 1.3 The role of age in SLA 30; 1.4 Age differences -- neurological and psychomotor factors 34; 1.5 Age differences -- cognitive factors 35; 1.6 Age differences -- personality factors 41; 1.7 Age differences -- sociocultural factors 44; 1.8 Age differences -- linguistic factors 47; 1.9 Age differences -- other factors 50; 1.10 Summary 52
Chapter II Teaching English to young learners 552.1 Approaches and methods 55; 2.2 Language areas and skills 58; 2.3 Learning and teaching the spoken language 59; 2.4 Learning and teaching vocabulary 64; 2.5 Learning and teaching grammar 68; 2.6 Learning and teaching literacy skills 73; 2.7 Other activities 79; 2.8 Language of 82; 2.9 Learning to learn 84; 2.10 Assessment 87; 2.11 Summary 92; Chapter III Selected unconventional approaches to child general and language education 95; 3.1 The Humanistic Approach 95; 3.2 Early childhood education 98; 3.3 Educational kinesiology 111
3.4 The Helen Doron Method 116Chapter IV The research project 161; 4.1 Research procedures 161; 4.2 Research results 176; 4.3 Interpretation of the results 203; Chapter V Conclusions 229; 5.1 A general overview 229; 5.2 Research conclusions 230; 5.3 Further research 232; 5.4 Practical implications 232; Bibliography 239; Appendix 259
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (278 p.)
ISBN:3653020530
9783653020533