The Effects of Foreign Language Programmes in Early Childhood Education and Care: A Systematic Review

Autor/inn/en	Thieme, Anne-Mieke M. M.; Hanekamp, Kyra; Andringa, Sible; Verhagen, Josje; Kuiken, Folkert
Titel	The Effects of Foreign Language Programmes in Early Childhood Education and Care: A Systematic Review
Quelle	In: Language, Culture and Curriculum, 35 (2022) 3, S.334-351 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Thieme, Anne-Mieke M. M.) ORCID (Hanekamp, Kyra) ORCID (Andringa, Sible) ORCID (Verhagen, Josje) ORCID (Kuiken, Folkert)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0790-8318
DOI	10.1080/07908318.2021.1984498
Schlagwörter	Second Language Programs; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Early Childhood Education; Child Care Centers; Native Language; Child Development; Well Being; Play; Program Descriptions; Language Usage; Educational Policy; Teaching Methods; Age Differences; Personality Traits; Child Behavior; Correlation; Bilingual Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Child care facilities; Child care services; Kinderzentrum; Kinderbetreuung; Kindesentwicklung; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Spiel; Sprachgebrauch; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Korrelation; Bilingual teaching; Bilingualer Unterricht
Abstract	This systematic review investigates the effects of foreign language programmes in early childhood education and care (ECEC), which are increasingly popular. Foreign language ECEC centres familiarise very young children with a foreign language, and in general also expose them to the majority language. This review synthesises research on the effects of foreign language ECEC on children's development of the foreign language, majority language, first language, and wellbeing, as well as programme-related and child-related factors that influence language development and wellbeing. The reviewed studies indicate that foreign language ECEC fosters foreign language development, without negatively impacting the majority and first language. Children can experience positive wellbeing in these programmes, but only if programmes are play-based and if the language policy is not too strict. Some studies report that programme characteristics, such as input quantity, language policy, and teacher strategies, modulate the effects of foreign language ECEC on language development and wellbeing. Few of the reviewed studies examined child characteristics, but the available findings indicate that children's age, as well as their temperament and in-class behaviour, are related to foreign language learning. However, these findings need to be interpreted with caution, because research into foreign language ECEC is still in its infancy. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01