In:Task-Based Approaches to Teaching Additional Languages in Primary School
Veronika Timpe-Laughlin and Yuko Goto Butler
[Task-Based Language Teaching 19] 2026
► pp. 101–125
Chapter 7Reading & writing — focus on literacy skills
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Article outline
- Developing literacy skills
- Why literacy matters in young learners’ additional language education
- Reading
- The development of reading skills
- Emergent reading (0–5 years)
- Early reading (5–7 years)
- Developing reading (7–9 years)
- Fluent reading (9–12 years)
- Advanced reading (12+ years)
- Factors impacting the development of reading skills in an additional language
- Writing
- Writing as a Process versus Writing as a Product
- The development of writing skills
- Factors that impact the development of writing skills in an additional language
- Using tasks to promote YLLs’ additional language reading and writing skills
- Concluding remarks
- Additional reading
- Preparing for teaching and learning
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