Publications

Publication details [#58957]

Kearney, Erin and So-Yeon Ahn. 2014. Preschool world language learners’ engagement with language: what are the possibilities? Language Awareness 23 (4) : 319–333.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

foreign language acquisition | foreign language teaching | kindergarten | language awareness | language dominance

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

It is stated that world language education in general, and in particular in the case of preschool learners, can be increased if curriculum and instruction purposely concentrate on cultivating language awareness and intensifying ‘engagement with language’ (EWL).