Teaching Languages in Primary Schools

Fiona Copland; Sue Garton

doi:10.1016/B978-0-323-95504-1.00676-1

Teaching Languages in Primary Schools

Fiona Copland
, Sue Garton

University of Warwick

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Abstract

The chapter describes the contexts in which children learn additional languages and how these contexts support, or limit, language development. Focusing on the classroom, the chapter examines pedagogies for teaching English language learning (EELL), drawing on research studies. The chapter then goes on to identify current issues in EELL, namely, misunderstandings about how children learn languages in school, inequality of access to EELL, gender and the role of multilingualism.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	International Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics (Third Edition)
Subtitle of host publication	14 Volume Set
Editors	Hilary Nesi, Petar Milin, James Edward Barbour Simpson, Niall Curry
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	75-79
Volume	7
ISBN (Electronic)	9780443222863
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-95504-1.00676-1
Publication status	Published - 8 Jun 2026

Keywords

Appropriate pedagogy
Class size
Early English language learning
Gender
Indigenous languages
Inequality
Learning English in schools
Translanguaging
Young learners

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