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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.

The Routledge Handbook of Teaching English to Young Learners

• Cover


• Half Title


• Series


• Title


• Copyright


• Contents


• List of figures


• List of tables


• List of contributors


• Acknowledgements


• 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