Teaching English to Young Learners: Critical Issues in Language Teaching with 3-12 Year Olds (Bloomsbury Guidebooks for Language Teachers)

Aimed at student teachers, educators and practitioners, Teaching English Language to Young Learners outlines and explains the crucial issues, themes and scenarios relating to this area of teaching. Each chapter by a leading international scholar offers a thorough introduction to a central theme of English as a foreign language (EFL) with preteens, with clear presentation of the theoretical background and detailed references for further reading, providing access to the most recent scholarship. Exploring the essential issues critically and in-depth, including the disadvantages as well as advantages of Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) with young learners, topics include: - task-based learning in the primary school; - storytelling; - drama; - technology; - vocabulary development; - intercultural understanding; - Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) scenarios; - assessment. Innovative and rapidly emerging topics are covered, such as immersion teaching, picturebooks in the EFL classroom and English with pre-primary children. Cover Contents List of Contributors Foreword Carol Read Acknowledgement Introduction Janice Bland 1 The Advantages and Disadvantages of English as a Foreign Language with Young Learners Janet Enever 2 Primary English and Critical Issues: A Worldwide Perspective Shelagh Rixon 3 English in Pre-primary: The Challenges of Getting It Right Sandie Mourão 4 Immersion Teaching in English with Young Learners Kristin Kersten and Andreas Rohde 5 CLIL Scenarios with Young Learners Kay Bentley 6 Task-Based Learning with Children Annamaria Pinter 7 Language Development in Young Learners: The Role of Formulaic Language Saskia Kersten 8 Grammar Templates for the Future with Poetry for Children Janice Bland 9 Developing Intercultural Understanding in Primary Schools Patricia Driscoll and Helen Simpson 10 Oral Storytelling in the Primary English Classroom Janice Bland 11 The Potential of Picturebooks with Young Learners Sandie Mourão 12 Drama with Young Learners Janice Bland 13 Teaching Young Learners with Technology Euline Cutrim Schmid and Shona Whyte 14 Assessment and Portfolios Carmen Becker 15 Developing Principled Materials for Young Learners of English as a Foreign Language Brian Tomlinson Index Aimed at student teachers, educators and practitioners, this book outlines and explains the crucial issues, themes, and scenarios relating to teaching English to young learners. Each chapter by a leading international scholar offers a thorough introduction to a central theme of English as a foreign language (EFL) with pre-teens, with clear presentation of the theoretical background and detailed references for further reading, providing access to the most recent scholarship