Teachers’ Opinions Concerning Bilingual Education in Early Childhood: Practice and Experience in Pre-School and Nursery Classes

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As is the case worldwide, teaching a second language in early childhood is gradually gaining importance in Turkey. In order to attain the objective of 3 languages, the European Union (EU) recommends starting teaching the second language at an early age, even in preschool and nursery classes. In addition to policies regarding teaching a second language, linguists and teachers also corroborate the notion of teaching second language at an early age. It can be observed that the “immersion method” began to be used more frequently in recent years in preschools and nursery classes offering bilingual education. This study discusses the immersion method employed in those pre-schools offering bilingual and second language education, from actual studies, and determines the practices and experiences regarding this method through obtaining the opinions of the teachers in charge and, some solutions are suggested for the difficulties and problems experienced.

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Foreign Language Teaching , Language Learning at an Early Age , Methods for Learning Foreign Languages at an Early Age , Learning Foreign Language via the Immersion Method , Teachers’ Opinions

Mediterranean Journal Of Humanities

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Mediterranean Journal Of Humanities