1. komponenta

Lecture type	Total
Lectures	15
Seminar	15

* Load is given in academic hour (1 academic hour = 45 minutes)

Introducing students to the basic postulates related to early EFL, with a special emphasis on the current Croatian educational context and the role of Croatian as L1.
1.The most common misunderstandings and basic empirical truths about foreign
(English) language learning and teaching at an early school age (2L)
2. Seminar assignments and guidelines concerning the performance of students' oral
presentations of seminar papers (the most common misunderstandings and basic
empirical truths about foreign (English) language learning and teaching at an early
school age (2S)
3. Benefits of early (E)FL learning (2L)
4. Benefits of early (E)FL learning (2S)
5. Piaget and early FL learning theories (1L)
6. "Younger and older learners" (1S)
7. Vygotsky and early FL learning theories (1L)
8. "Children learning English as a FL" (1S)
9. Mother tongue and early FL learning (1L)
10. "Code-Switching in the Young Learner Classroom" (1S)
11. Vocabulary learning (1L)
12. "Young learners: how do they remember vocabulary?" (1S)
13. Grammar learning (1L)
14. "Should we teach children grammar?" (1S)
15. Developing literacy in EFL (1L)
16. "To write or not to write in the first grade- that is the question!" (1S)
17. The role of stories in early EFL teaching (1L)
18. "Learners'own cultural identity in early EFL" (1S)
19. Topic-based teaching and learning (1L)
20. "The teacher's role: what is its significance in early LL?" (1S)
21. Extralinguistic context in early EFL (1L)
22. "Out-of-school factors - the home" (1S)
23. Preliminary exam (test) (1L + 1S)
24. Analysis of the preliminary exam results and student evaluation (1L + 1S)

1. Cameron, L.: Teaching Languages to Young Learners
2. Vrhovac, Y. (ed.): Children and Foreign Languages III.
3. Vilke, M.: Vaše dijete i jezik

1. Lightbown, P.M. & Spada, N.: How Languages are learned.
2. Moon, J.: Children Learning English: A Guidebook for English Language Teachers.

MODUL 1: Rano učenje stranoga jezika (8. semestar) - Regular studij - Integrated Undergraduate and Graduate University Programme in Teacher Education