Eva Wilden
List of John Benjamins publications for which Eva Wilden plays a role.
Articles
2020 A critical analysis of the German public debate about an early start in primary foreign language education National foreign language policies for primary schools: Global perspectives, Enever, Janet (ed.), pp. 192–212 | Article
‘The early start is (not) effective’ is one of the arguments often used in the political debate about early start policies in foreign language (FL) education in Europe and beyond. This paper sets out to explore the central arguments repeatedly used in the political discourse and media coverage… read more
2020 An early start in primary EFL education and the role of teacher qualification and teaching quality Language Teaching for Young Learners 2:1, pp. 28–51 | Article
This study investigates the receptive L2 proficiency of early and late starters in primary EFL education in the German context. Thus, the L2 reading and listening proficiency of primary EFL learners was assessed at the end of primary schooling in year 4 in two German federal states with… read more
2019 The impact of teaching quality and learning time on primary EFL learners’receptive proficiency: Preliminary findings from the TEPS study Policy and practice in early language learning, Enever, Janet and Patricia Driscoll (eds.), pp. 160–177 | Article
This contribution presents the preliminary findings from the TEPS study (Teaching English in Primary Schools). The study is situated in Germany where primary foreign language (FL) education has been compulsory since 2004, with pupils beginning FL education – mostly English as a FL (EFL) – in… read more