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This timely volume addresses the development of oracy in young learners, emphasizing the need to support speaking and listening skills in the classroom. Insightful and informative, it provides practical strategies and valuable guidance for educators aiming to enhance students' communication skills, while also offering implications for teacher training and suggestions for future research. * Carmen Muñoz, University of Barcelona, Spain * Oral language skills are a crucial predictor of children’s success in language and literacy, ultimately leading to academic achievement. Therefore, it is with great enthusiasm that we welcome this new edited volume, which offers a wealth of compelling discussions on the development of speaking skills in children learning a foreign language, making it an indispensable resource. * Victoria A. Murphy, University of Oxford, UK * This volume considers FL oracy development of YLs from several novel perspectives. It also offers insights into how different teaching approaches may cater for the new needs of YLs in today’s increasingly multilingual classrooms, and how teachers can best face the emerging new challenges. Innovative research methodologies and thought-provoking theoretical discussions add extra value to the included chapters. * Jelena Mihaljević Djigunović, Zagreb, Croatia *

This timely volume addresses the development of oracy in young learners, emphasizing the need to support speaking and listening skills in the classroom. Insightful and informative, it provides practical strategies and valuable guidance for educators aiming to enhance students' communication skills, while also offering implications for teacher training and suggestions for future research. * Carmen Muñoz, University of Barcelona, Spain *

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Dimitra Karoulla-Vrikki is Associate Professor of Linguistics at European University Cyprus. Her research investigates language policy and planning, English as a medium of instruction in higher education, early foreign language learning, government translation and interpretation, and the linguistic landscape in Cyprus. Lucilla Lopriore is a teacher and teacher educator and was Professor of English Linguistics at Roma Tre University, Italy until 2022. She has led Italian research teams in international projects including ELLiE, ENRICH and the 1999 Italian National Survey of young learners’ FL achievement. Her research includes CLIL, early foreign language acquisition, ELF, language policy and plurilingualism.

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