Children’s Additional Language Learning in Instructional Settings: Implications for Teaching and Future Research

This book provides an overview of additional language learning development and pedagogy among young children who are learning a language in addition to their home language(s). It integrates second language development theories and research findings with practice and will be invaluable to all those working with young language learners.

Yuko Goto Butler is a Professor of Educational Linguistics and Director of the Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Program in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. Her research focuses on young language learners, language assessment and technology in language teaching.