The present study is based on how the learning of diphthongs and its pronunciation in English, through the ICTs, can be applied in a Catalan context, in Early Years. In order to do so, an English ...

Recently, an increasing number of schools in Catalonia have bet on introducing English as a foreign language in Early Childhood education. Needless to say, students at this stage are still learning their ...

Phonological awareness (PA) is considered to be key in the acquisition of pronunciation and the development of other abilities in language learning. However, not much research has been done to determine ...

In order to contribute with evidences to the English pronunciation teaching area, this paper proposes a set of games to work on a concrete pronunciation aspect, the diphthongs. Three groups of 6th ...

There has recently been a huge debate about the need to assess Young Language Learners and there is also an active debate about the introduction of English in early stages. Despite the fact that there ...

English has emerged as a shared language used to establish communication in a global world. Thus, schools around the world have faced the need of teaching this language. In Catalonia, within the core ...

The importance of English is considerably growing in our schools. This research presents two different methodologies for teaching and improving it: The Natural Approach and The Audio Recording. The ...

Nowadays a huge number of schools are introducing English as L2. Moreover, the relationship between play and children’s learning has been the focus of much recent research. So, this project’s aim is to ...

In the last few years the introduction of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) into Preschool Education has experienced an important growth, although it is not a compulsory language at this stage (3-6 ...

The purpose of this study is to analyse the methodology teachers use during English lessons and when they sometimes change to Catalan or Spanish. We aimed to see how the theory of language immersion is ...