MULLER-HARTMANN, ANDREAS
The present volume provides a comprehensive introduction to the teaching of English in the primary school. It focuses on developments in Germany and includes a European perspective as regards current research and education policies. The book systematically presents relevant research on what we know about how Young learners learn foreign languages.lt 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 pre-school level. Throughout the book, the authors convincingly illustrate how theory and practice relate to each other.