Early language learning : complexity and mixed methods / edited by Janet Enever and Eva Lindgren.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

DedicationList of ContributorsList of FiguresList of Tables1. Eva Lindgren and Janet Enever: Introduction: Mixed Methods In Early Language Learning Research - Examining ComplexitySECTION 1. OVERVIEWS OF RESEARCH FINDINGS2. Agatha J. Van Ginkel: Early Language Learning in Complex Linguistic Settings, Insights from Africa3. Patricia Driscoll: The Complexity of Cultural Learning within Early Language Learning: A Model of Good Practice 4. Victoria Murphy: Literacy Development in Children with English as an Additional Language (EAL)SECTION 2. EMPIRICAL STUDIES USING MIXED METHODS5. Alison Porter: Verbal Working Memory and Foreign Language Learning In English Primary Schools: Implications for Teaching and Learning6. Jiang Changsheng, Zhang Jie, Liang Xiaohua, Yuan Yuan and Qun Xie: Piecing Together the Jigsaw: Understanding Motivations of English Learners in Chinese Primary School through a Questionnaire and Elicited Metaphor Analysis7. Judith Buendgens-Kosten, Ilonca Hardy and Daniela Elsner: Code-Switching Your Way to Language Learning? Receptive Code-Switching With Digital Storybooks in Early Language Learning8. Heather Hilton: Individual Differences and English L2 Learning in Two Primary Classrooms in France9. Karmen Pizorn: Content and Language Integrated Learning: A Panacea for Young English Language Learners? SECTION 3. LONGITUDINAL PERSPECTIVES USING MIXED METHODS10. Yuko Goto Butler: The Dynamics of Motivation Development among Young Learners of English in China 11. Lucilla Lopriore: Young Italian Learners' Foreign Language Development: A Longitudinal Perspective12. Eva Lindgren and Janet Enever: Employing Mixed Methods for the Construction of Thick Descriptions of Early Language Learning 13. Jelena Mihaljevic Djigunovic: Developmental Aspects of Early EFL LearningSECTION FOUR: EVALUATING EARLY LANGUAGE LEARNING PROGRAMMES14. Maria Del Pilar Garcia Mayo and Ainara Imaz: Child EFL Interaction: Age, Instructional Setting and Development15. Peter Sayer, Ruth Ban and Magdalena Lopez De Anda: Evaluating the Educational Outcomes of an Early Foreign Language Program: The Design of an Impact Study for the Primary English Program in Mexico16. Raphaela Porsch and Eva Wilden: The Development of a Curriculum-Based C-Test for Young EFL Learners17. Janet Enever and Eva Lindgren Mixed Methods in Early Language Learning Research