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Awakening to World Languages: Intercultural Awareness in Very Young Learners
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Kearney, Erin; Ahn, So-Yeon – Learning Languages, 2013
In a non-immersion, preschool world language program, what learning outcomes are reasonable to expect? Since exposure to and engagement with new languages is typically limited in these so-called "low-input" programs, we should anticipate no more than modest gains in linguistic proficiency. Rather, early childhood language programs can,…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Intercultural Communication, Second Language Learning, Second Language Programs