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Using a sample of 90 pre-service preschool teachers, the study analyzes how trainees perceive the importance of foreign language learning. 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However, most recent studies report a gap between the supply of qualified foreign language teachers of young learners and the demand for such teachers as foreign languages are introduced earlier and earlier. The authors of this paper present some models of initial and in-service training of preschool foreign language teachers in Slovenia. As learners’ beliefs about language learning have been considered an important variable, like many other individual differences in language learning, the main aim of the research was to determine pre-service preschool teachers’ beliefs about early foreign language learning. The research was conducted on a sample of 90 pre-service preschool teachers. The results imply that future preschool teachers are aware of the importance of foreign language learning and their awareness raises with the year of study. The results of the survey indicate that it would be beneficial to include early foreign language teacher training in the education of preschool teachers who are willing to teach foreign languages in kindergartens in Slovenia and elsewhere.  \nKeywords: foreign language learning, preschool teachers, preschool teachers’ beliefs, pre-service teacher training  \n1 University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education, Slovenia.  \n2 *Corresponding Author. University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education, Slovenia; [darija.skubic@pef.uni-lj.si](darija.skubic@pef.uni-lj.si).  \n86 pre-service preschool teachers’ beliefs about foreign language learning and    \nPrepričanja študentov predšolske vzgoje o učenju in zgodnjem poučevanju tujega jezika v Sloveniji  \nMateja Dagarin Fojkar in Darija Skubic  \n• Uvajanje učenja tujih jezikov vpredšolski vzgoji inizobraževanju je spodbudilo potrebo po usposobljenih učiteljih. A večina študij, opravljenihpred kratkim, poroča o vrzeli med ponudbo usposobljenih učiteljev tujih jezikov mlajših učencev v zgodnjem obdobju in povpraševanjem potovrstnih učiteljih zaradi vedno bolj zgodnjega uvajanja tujih jezikov vvzgojno-izobraževalni sistem. Avtorici tega prispevka predstavita nekaj modelov začetnega izobraževanja in nadaljnjega usposabljanja učiteljev tujih jezikov v predšolskem obdobju v Sloveniji. Prepričanja bodočihvzgojiteljev o učenju jezikov so bila upoštevana kot pomembna spremenljivka tako kot veliko drugih individualnih razlik v tujejezikovnemučenju, glavni cilj raziskave pa je bil ugotoviti, kakšna so prepričanja bodočih vzgojiteljev o zgodnjem učenju tujih jezikov. V raziskavo je bilo vključenih 90 bodočih vzgojiteljev. Rezultati kažejo, da se bodočivzgojitelji zavedajo pomembnosti učenja tujih jezikov in da to zavedanje narašča z leti študija. Rezultati raziskave kažejo tudi, da bi bilo koristnovključiti usposabljanje za zgodnje učenje tujih jezikov v študijski program Predšolska vzgoja za tiste vzgojitelje, ki bi želeli učiti tuje jezike v vrtcih v Sloveniji in drugod po svetu.  \nKljučne besede: vzgojitelji, učenje tujih jezikov, usposabljanje bodočihvzgojiteljev, prepričanja vzgojiteljev  \nIntroduction  \nFor a long time, parents and teachers have been worried that early-age bilingual exposure may impair and delay children’s cognitive development. Yet, modern researchers state cognitive advantages for bilingual children. Research has shown for some time that bilingual children typically develop certain types of cognitive flexibility and metalinguistic awareness earlier and better than their monolingual peers (e.g., Bialystok, 2001; Cummins, 2000; King & Mackey, 2007) . The acquisition of two competing language systems creates a particularly strong demand for attentional and executive control (Costa, Hernández,& Sebastián-Gallés, 2008) . This need to control attention to the target system influence","cbCaivdo7uuJFKCV","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaivdo7uuJFKCV","pdf",185210,"English","# Introduction\n# Theoretical background\n# Research aims and method\n## Participants and sample\n## Survey results\n# Implications for teacher education","[{\"question\":\"What topic does the paper focus on?\",\"answer\":\"It focuses on pre-service preschool teachers’ beliefs about foreign language learning and early foreign language teaching in Slovenia.\"},{\"question\":\"How was the research conducted?\",\"answer\":\"The study was conducted with a sample of 90 pre-service preschool teachers.\"},{\"question\":\"What do the results suggest about teachers’ awareness?\",\"answer\":\"The results imply that future preschool teachers recognize the importance of foreign language learning, and awareness increases with the year of study.\"}]","Pre-Service Preschool Teachers’ Beliefs about Foreign Language Learning and Early Foreign Language Teaching in Slovenia | PDF",1792086223]