Early Language Learning: The Impact of Teaching and Teacher Factors

Autor/inn/en	Graham, Suzanne; Courtney, Louise; Marinis, Theodoros; Tonkyn, Alan
Titel	Early Language Learning: The Impact of Teaching and Teacher Factors
Quelle	In: Language Learning, 67 (2017) 4, S.922-958 (37 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Graham, Suzanne)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0023-8333
DOI	10.1111/lang.12251
Schlagwörter	Secondary School Students; French; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Comparative Analysis; Teaching Methods; Language Teachers; Language Proficiency; Vocabulary Development; Elementary School Teachers; Secondary School Teachers; Statistical Analysis; Grammar; Elementary School Students; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sekundarschüler; Französisch; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Wortschatzarbeit; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Statistische Analyse; Grammatik; Ausland
Abstract	This study examined the progress in lexical and grammatical knowledge among 252 learners of French in England across the last two years of primary education and into the first year of secondary school in relation to teaching and teacher factors. It compared linguistic outcomes from two different approaches, one which emphasized oracy and the other which combined literacy with attention to oracy development. We also explored the relationship between linguistic outcomes and other teaching/teacher factors: teaching time, teacher level of French proficiency, and teacher level of training in language instruction. Learners completed a sentence repetition task and a photo description task, making small but statistically significant progress in both grammatical and lexical knowledge between test points. While teaching approach had little impact on such progress, other teaching and teacher factors did, particularly the French proficiency level of the primary school teacher and the amount of teaching time devoted to French. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01