The volume unites research and practice on integrating language learning, teaching and assessment at preschool and early school age. It includes chapters writte

This is the first international and interdisciplinary handbook to offer a comprehensive and an in-depth overview of findings from contemporary research, theory,

This is the first collection of research studies to explore the potential for mixed methods to shed light on foreign or second language learning by young learne

Language teacher education is widely identified as one of the most important areas that needs addressing in order to improve early language instruction, yet res

Over the past six decades, the field of teaching modern foreign languages to young learners has come a long way, from the early surmises about the advantages of