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Abigail Hackett; David Ben Shannon; Christina MacRae; Maggie MacLure – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2025
This paper describes a research collaboration with Humber Museums Partnership, which explored family museum visiting and early language. Drawing from ethnographic observations and continuous audio recordings, this article examines how very young children make sense in museum spaces. We activate Deleuze and Guattari's concept of the refrain…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Museums, Language Acquisition
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Liu, Zhiliang – English Language Teaching, 2009
The optimal age in FLL (foreign language learning) for children has been discussed over 50 years but there is no satisfactory conclusion for us. However, the notion "the younger, the better" in FLL has a big market in the world. As a result, the distorted hypothesis is being spread widely as a true and complete theory. Specifically…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Age Differences, Cognitive Structures