Teaching English in the Primary School

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Teaching English in the Primary School provides a comprehensive introduction to the teaching of English in the primary school. It focuses on developments in education and includes a European perspective regarding current research and education policies. The book systematically presents relevant research on how young learners learn foreign languages, discusses appropriate methods, tasks, materials, texts, and procedures, and includes chapters on related issues such as assessment, transition, cross-curricular teaching, and teaching English at the pre-school level. Throughout the book, the authors convincingly illustrate how theory and practice relate to each other.