Anja Steinlen
List of John Benjamins publications in which Anja Steinlen is involved.
Articles
2025 Majority and minority language elementary school children with and without reading difficulties in a regular foreign language and an immersion program: An exploratory study Emerging Issues in Content-Based Minority Language Immersion Education Contexts, Cammarata, Laurent and Pádraig Ó Duibhir (eds.), pp. 31–54 | Article
In Germany, the number of bilingual elementary schools, in which subjects are taught in a foreign language (FL), is on the rise. While previous research highlights advantages for typically developing students in such programs, little is known about at-risk learners, including those with reading… read more
2025 Chapter 14. The transition from primary school bilingual programmes to regular foreign language lessons in secondary school: A longitudinal perspective Early Language Education in Instructed Contexts: Current issues and empirical insights into teaching and learning languages in primary school, Frisch, Stefanie and Karen Glaser (eds.), pp. 306–327 | Chapter
Due to changes in teaching and assessment, the transition from primary to secondary school may significantly affect pupils’ proficiency in and their attitudes towards English as a foreign language. This longitudinal study followed 69 pupils moving from bilingual CLIL programmes in primary school… read more
2016 Primary school minority and majority language children in a partial immersion program: The development of German and English reading skills Journal of Immersion and Content-Based Language Education 4:2, pp. 198–224 | Article
Reading skills are among the basic skills acquired during the primary school years, and they play a key role in the acquisition of academic knowledge and later participation in society. Numerous studies have reported that children with a minority language background show deficits in the… read more