Publications

Publication details [#45893]

Bayyurt, Yasemin, Cem Alptekin and Gülcan Erçetin. 2007. The Effectiveness of a Theme-based Syllabus for Young L2 Learners. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 28 (1) : 1–17.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

communicative competence | L2-acquisition | primary school | syllabus design | theme1

Language as a subject

English

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This study demonstrates the effectiveness of a theme-based syllabus as compared to an essentially grammatical syllabus for young Turkish learners of English as a second/foreign language in a primary school setting.