This project investigates early learning and teaching of English in Danish primary schools. Specifically, it examines the age factor by collecting and comparing proficiency test data from children introduced to English in the 1st grade and the 3rd grade, respectively. In addition, this project is comprised of 3 separate PhD projects that investigate a variety of factors possibly affecting the children's proficiency. The first investigates contextual factors, the quantity and quality of exposure to English inside the classroom (e.g., pedagogical methods and practices). The second investigates the children's access to and use of English outside the classroom. The third investigates several socio-affective factors, such as these children’s motivation and attitudes towards learning, their parents’ level of education, (perceived) proficiency in the FL, their attitudes towards language learning, and their use of the foreign language professionally. We investigate the extent to which each of these factors contribute to these children’s rate of L2 learning and L2 proficiency over a two-year period.
This project is supported by the Danish ResearchCouncil.
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