Author(s)

Mina Liang ¹, Weibing Zhu ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ Hangzhou Greentown Yuhua Primary School, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310012, China

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ABSTRACT

The influence of inefficient teaching methods or cross-linguistic characteristics in the field of second language oral teaching has always been concerned and discussed. By carrying a survey with 50 Grade 5 bilingual Chinese students in Intel Bilingual Primary School, this paper aims to observe, identify and make a brief analysis on the key issue of effectively teaching English second language young learners in primary in their spoken English, from the perspectives of instructional theories and strategies use.

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Mina Liang, Weibing Zhu, Study on the L2 English-Speaking Engagement of Chinese Younger Students. Lecture Notes on Language and Literature (2023) Vol. 6: 114-120. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/langl.2023.061318.

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