Beschreibung:
The study addresses the question of how preschool teachers who work in regular state inclusive preschools can be qualified to teach English as a foreign language. Through the longitudinal case study, which followed the principles of participatory action research, substantial insights were gained which can be transferred to other pre-primary contexts.
1. Introduction2. Relevance of introducing English in preschool3. Contextual factors affecting the introduction of English in the multilingual inclusive state preschool4. Research on professional language teacher education and teacher competences5. The preschool teacher education project: researching professional development through an approach of participatory action research6. The research approach: participatory action research and multiple case study design7. Presenting case study results8. Conclusions and PerspectivesBibliographyAppendix 1: MaterialsAppendix 2: Interview GuidelinesAppendix 3: Questionnaire