Influences of Early English Language Teaching on Oral Fluency

Autor/inn/en	de Wolf, Stephana; Smit, Nienke; Lowie, Wander
Titel	Influences of Early English Language Teaching on Oral Fluency
Quelle	In: ELT Journal, 71 (2017) 3, S.341-353 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0951-0893
DOI	10.1093/elt/ccw115
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Elementary School Students; Second Language Learning; Language Fluency; Visual Aids; Task Analysis; Questionnaires; Learning Motivation; Language Attitudes; English (Second Language); Oral Language; Informal Education; Comparative Analysis; Instructional Effectiveness; Denmark + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Anschauungsmaterial; Aufgabenanalyse; Fragebogen; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Sprachverhalten; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Unterrichtserfolg; Dänemark
Abstract	Elementary-level foreign language education is currently receiving a lot of attention in the literature on second language learning, and has emerged as an important educational policy issue. The present study aims to contribute to this discussion by focusing on the fluency benefits gained from early foreign language teaching. The participants were 23 early-start language learners and 29 late starters, all 10-12 years old and in the final grade of a Dutch elementary school (Year 8). A picture description task was used as a basis for comparing the fluency of the two groups. A questionnaire was also employed to investigate the influence of external factors such as motivation, attitude towards English, and exposure to English outside school. The present study found a marginal advantage for early starters in terms of oral fluency. Moreover, the results of this study show that exposure outside school has a greater impact on oral fluency than early language teaching alone. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01