Early Years Second Language Education

Introduction Sandie Mourao and Monica Lourenco Part 1: Focus on the Child Cognitive and Linguistic Aspects of Learning a Second Language in the Early Years Belma Haznedar. Bilingual Preschools: Language Acquisition, Intercultural Encounters and Environmental Learning Kristin Kersten. Perceptions of Identity in Trilingual 5-year-old Twins in Diverse Pre-primary Educational Contexts Nayr Ibrahim. Valuing Children's Linguistic Repertoires to Support Second Language Development During Repeated Read Alouds of English Picturebooks Sandie Mourao. Multilingual Becoming in Reading: A Picture Story-book-reading-assemblage in Early Years Education Polly Bjork-Willen and Anna Bylund Part 2: Focus on the Classroom Approaches Early Language Learning in Cyprus: Voices from the Classroom Sophie Ioannou Georgiou. Introducing French to Pre-primary Children in the North East of England: The Narrative Format Model Jim McElwee. Active Listening for Second Language Learning in the Early Years M. Teresa Fleta. The Role of Technology in Early Years Language Education Barbara Hoskins Sakamoto. Languages and Diversity in Pre-primary Education: Towards a Broader and Integrated Approach Monica Lourenco and Ana Isabel Andrade Part 3: Focus on Teachers and Parents Pre-primary Second Language Education in Slovakia and the Role of Initial Teacher Training Programmes Zuzana Portikova. Pre-primary English Language Learning and Teacher Education in the Czech Republic Monika Cerna. Measuring Empathy and Teachers' Readiness to Adopt Innovations in Second Language Learning Ekaterina Sofronieva. Family Involvement in Second Language Learning: The Bilfam Project Sabine Pirchio, Traute Taeschner, Anca Cristina Colibaba, Elza Gheorghiu and Slatiza Zacharova. Supporting Parents in Building Learning Activities in Another Language Alexander Sokol and Edgar Lasevich.