Children Second Language Acquisition Pre-elementary and Elementary Level

Abstract

This article deals with child’s second language acquisition and learning within the scope of the very early stages of school system. Normally, children learn language through their everyday social environment. In other words, from everyday language use with parents at home and outside home. To teach a foreign language to children, however, takes a little more effort. If one is teaching a child between 4 and 10, one will need to collect kid-friendly materials and get in understanding to how children use languages in appropriate methodology which corresponds to children’s needs. Thus, our proposal takes into account some basic principles that allow the child and get him ready to learning process. We will also focus on the parents’ and teachers’ role for acquiring an efficient background in his preparatory stages. So, how soon can one begin before introducing L2 instruction at school and how can this be reached in the teaching / learning process?