Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Contributors -- 1. Introduction: Mixed Methods in Early Language Learning Research - Examining Complexity -- Part 1: Overviews of Research Findings -- 2. Early Language Learning in Complex Linguistic Settings: Insights from Africa -- 3. Considering the Complexities of Teaching Intercultural Understanding in Foreign Languages -- 4. Literacy Development in Children with English as an Additional Language (EAL) -- Part 2: Empirical Studies Using Mixed Methods -- 5. Verbal Working Memory and Foreign Language Learning in English Primary Schools: Implications for Teaching and Learning -- 6. Piecing Together the Jigsaw: Understanding Motivations of English Learners in Chinese Primary School through a Questionnaire and Elicited Metaphor Analysis -- 7. Codeswitching Your Way to Language Learning? Receptive Codeswitching with Digital Storybooks in Early Language Learning -- 8. Individual Differences and English L2 Learning in Two Primary Classrooms in France -- 9. Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL): A Panacea for Young English Language Learners? -- Part 3: Longitudinal Perspectives Using Mixed Methods -- 10. The Dynamics of Motivation Development among Young Learners of English in China -- 11. Young Italian Learners' Foreign Language Development: A Longitudinal Perspective -- 12. Employing Mixed Methods for the Construction of Thick Descriptions of Early Language Learning -- 13. Developmental Aspects of Early EFL Learning -- Part 4: Evaluating Early Language Learning Programmes -- 14. Child EFL Interaction: Age, Instructional Setting and Development -- 15. Evaluating the Educational Outcomes of an Early Foreign Language Programme: The Design of an Impact Study for the Primary English Programme in Mexico -- 16. The Development of a Curriculum-Based C-Test for Young EFL Learners -- 17. Mixed Methods in Early Language Learning Research -- Index