Foreign Language Teaching at early childhood period has been of great importance recently. Foreign language teachers, linguists and preschool teachers have caimed different ideas on this topic. Foreign language teachers have explained that foreign language teaching at early childhood period helps children improve both their cognitive and linguistics development. Preschool teacher candidates share the same ideas with foreign language teachers. English Language Teacher candidates did not have the same ideas with both of the groups. In this study, English language teacher candidates’, preschool teacher candidates’ and foreign language teachers’ ideas on language learning at early childhood period were examined. In this qualitative study, focus group design was used. 10 participants from each group joined in this research and the gathered data were analysed by Nvivo 10. The results have revealed that both preschool teacher candidates and preschool teachers think that foreign language learning at early childhood is important but English language teacher candidates stated that children can start foreign language learning when they have completed their mother tongue acquisition process. English Language teacher candidates have more conscious knowledge than preschool teacher candidates and preschool teachers. This is because English language teacher candidates have knowledge about child language learning and language acqusition in detail.
Keywords
Language teaching, foreign Language Teaching, foreign language teaching at preschool
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Foreign Language Teaching at early childhood period has been of great importance recently. Foreign language teachers, linguists and preschool teachers have caimed different ideas on this topic. Foreign language teachers have explained that foreign language teaching at early childhood period helps children improve both their cognitive and linguistics development. Preschool teacher candidates share the same ideas with foreign language teachers. English Language Teacher candidates did not have the same ideas with both of the groups. In this study, English language teacher candidates’, preschool teacher candidates’ and foreign language teachers’ ideas on language learning at early childhood period were examined. In this qualitative study, focus group design was used. 10 participants from each group joined in this research and the gathered data were analysed by Nvivo 10. The results have revealed that both preschool teacher candidates and preschool teachers think that foreign language learning at early childhood is important but English language teacher candidates stated that children can start foreign language learning when they have completed their mother tongue acquisition process. English Language teacher candidates have more conscious knowledge than preschool teacher candidates and preschool teachers. This is because English language teacher candidates have knowledge about child language learning and language acqusition in detail.
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Zeliha YAZICI-- Binnur GENÇ İLTER . 2018 . Viewpoints of Foreign Language Teaching at Early Childhood Period (Antalya Case) . International Journal of Languages' Education and Teaching.DOI:10.18298/ijlet.3016
Zeliha YAZICI-- Binnur GENÇ İLTER.(2018).Viewpoints of Foreign Language Teaching at Early Childhood Period (Antalya Case).International Journal of Languages' Education and Teaching
Zeliha YAZICI-- Binnur GENÇ İLTER,"Viewpoints of Foreign Language Teaching at Early Childhood Period (Antalya Case)" , International Journal of Languages' Education and Teaching (2018)
Zeliha YAZICI-- Binnur GENÇ İLTER . 2018 . Viewpoints of Foreign Language Teaching at Early Childhood Period (Antalya Case) . International Journal of Languages' Education and Teaching . 2018. DOI:10.18298/ijlet.3016
Zeliha YAZICI-- Binnur GENÇ İLTER .Viewpoints of Foreign Language Teaching at Early Childhood Period (Antalya Case). International Journal of Languages' Education and Teaching (2018)
Zeliha YAZICI-- Binnur GENÇ İLTER .Viewpoints of Foreign Language Teaching at Early Childhood Period (Antalya Case). International Journal of Languages' Education and Teaching (2018)
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Zeliha YAZICI-- Binnur GENÇ İLTER. (2018) .Viewpoints of Foreign Language Teaching at Early Childhood Period (Antalya Case) International Journal of Languages' Education and Teaching
Zeliha YAZICI-- Binnur GENÇ İLTER . Viewpoints of Foreign Language Teaching at Early Childhood Period (Antalya Case) . International Journal of Languages' Education and Teaching . 2018 doi:10.18298/ijlet.3016
Zeliha YAZICI-- Binnur GENÇ İLTER."Viewpoints of Foreign Language Teaching at Early Childhood Period (Antalya Case)",International Journal of Languages' Education and Teaching(2018)