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Drawing on data from eleven preschools in four European countries (Germany, Belgium, Sweden, and the UK), this edited volume explores the progress of preschool children learning English over a period of two years. In the first volume, children's lexical and grammatical comprehension, the quality of L2 input, the effect of immersion on L1 development, comparisons with English monolingual children, as well as intercultural learning are addressed. In addition, environmental learning in an immersion context, labelled "green immersion," is outlined with reference to a bilingual preschool located within a zoological garden. The following are included in this report: (1) Introduction (Kristin Kersten, Andreas Rohde, Christina Schelletter, & Anja K. Steinlen); (2) The Input Quality Observation Scheme (IQOS): The Nature of L2 Input and its Influence on L2 Development in Bilingual Preschools (Martina Weitz, Svenja Pahl, Anna Flyman Mattsson, Aafke Buyl, & Elke Kalbe); (3) Receptive L2 Lexical Knowledge in Bilingual Preschool Children (Andreas Rohde); (4) Receptive L2 Grammar Knowledge Development in Bilingual Preschools (Anja K. Steinlen, Gisela Håkansson, Alex Housen, & Christina Schelletter); (5) Lexical and Grammatical Comprehension in Monolingual and Bilingual Children (Christina Schelletter & Rachel Ramsey); (6) SETK 3-5: A Developmental Language Test on German for 3-to-5-Year-Old Children (Anja K. Steinlen, Katharina Neils, Thorsten Piske, & Christian Trumpp); (7) Intercultural Encounters in Bilingual Preschools (Lydia Gerlich, Holger Kersten, Kristin Kersten, Ute Massler, &Insa Wippermann); (8) Green Immersion (Shannon Thomas, Petra Burmeister, Michael Ewig, Kristin Kersten, & Suzanne Akerman); (9) Animal-Supported Environmental Education in a German-English Zoo Preschool (Inge A. Strunz & Shannon Thomas); (10) Profiles of the ELIAS Preschools (Insa Wippermann, Christine Tiefenthal, Annelie Schober, & Lena Gotthardt). The ELIAS Preschool Overview Questionnaire (ELIAS POQ) is appended. [For "Bilingual Preschools. Volume 2: Best Practices," see ED572868.]

Drawing on data from eleven preschools in four European countries (Germany, Belgium, Sweden, and the UK), this edited volume explores the progress of preschool children learning English over a period of two years. This edited volume (Volume II) gives details on best practices in bilingual preschools as well as background and training on topics such as second language acquisition, intercultural communication, green immersion, material development and guidelines for language use and the implementation of bilingual preschools. The following are included in this report: (1) Introduction (Kristin Kersten, Andreas Rohde, Christina Schelletter, & Anja K. Steinlen); Part A: Results and Best Practices: (2) Foreign Language Education in Europe: Why Include Preschools? (Henning Wode); (3) Results of the ELIAS Research Studies: A Summary (Anja K. Steinlen, Ute Massler, Christina Schelletter, Shannon Thomas, Suzanne Akerman, Petra Burmeister, Aafke Buyl, Michael Ewig, Anna Flyman Mattsson, Lydia Gerlich, Gisela Håkansson, Alex Housen, Elke Kalbe, Holger Kersten, Kristin Kersten, Katharina Neils, Svenja Pahl, Thorsten Piske, Rachel Ramsey, Andreas Rohde, Martina Weitz, & Insa Wippermann); (4) How to Start a Bilingual Preschool: Practical Guidelines (Kristin Kersten, Martina Drewing, Jessica Granados, Barbara Leloux, Annette Lommel, Anke Schneider, & Sarah Taylor); (5) Guidelines for Language Use in Bilingual Preschools (Kristin Kersten, Anja K. Steinlen, Christine Tiefenthal, Insa Wippermann, & Anna Flyman Mattsson). Part B: Background and Training: (6) Introduction to Second Language Acquisition (Andreas Rohde); (7) Introduction to Intercultural Communicative Competence in Bilingual Preschools (Ute Massler); (8) Bilingual Education for Sustainable Development: Green Immersion in Bilingual Preschools (Shannon Thomas); and (9) Material for Bilingual Preschools (Christine Tiefenthal, Insa Wippermann, Annelie Schober, Lena Gotthardt, & Shannon Thomas). [For "Bilingual Preschools. Volume I: Learning and Development," see ED572867.]