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In need of rebranding : why we should change terminology from ‘young learners’ to ‘pre-primary’, ‘primary’ and ‘secondary learners’ of English
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Anderson, Jason (2022) In need of rebranding : why we should change terminology from ‘young learners’ to ‘pre-primary’, ‘primary’ and ‘secondary learners’ of English. Modern English Teacher, 31 (4). pp. 6-9. ISSN 0308-0587.
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Abstract
It is a curious fact of history that the term ‘young learners’ is used almost exclusively in the field of English language teaching; it is much more of a concern that it is both ambiguous and decontextualised. This article will argue not only that this is problematic, but that we, as a practitioner community, can benefit from shifting from this rather outdated term, to adopting the age group denominations that are almost universally used outside of ELT to differentiate learners at the three key stages of childhood education around the world; pre-primary, primary, and secondary learners (Ellis, 2014). A search for the term ‘young learners’ on any Internet search engine returns numerous websites, not on education in general, but almost exclusively on teaching English to children, and it is probably no surprise to the reader that the vast majority of these are commercially-oriented websites, selling us products and services relating to this rapidly growing, multibillion-dollar industry. This finding prompts a number of interesting questions that this article will explore.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | L Education > L Education (General) L Education > LB Theory and practice of education L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1501 Primary Education L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1603 Secondary Education. High schools L Education > LT Textbooks |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Modern English Teacher | ||||||
| Publisher: | Pavilion Publishing and Media Ltd | ||||||
| ISSN: | 0308-0587 | ||||||
| Official Date: | 1 July 2022 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 31 | ||||||
| Number: | 4 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 6-9 | ||||||
| Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 22 September 2022 | ||||||
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