---
_id: '62203'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: "<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<jats:p>This study investigates
    parents’ perspectives on\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthe preferred onset of English education
    in Germany and potential\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\texplanatory factors drawing on a cross-sectional
    survey of 2,645\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tparents from the EUBE project\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t(<jats:italic>\r\n
    \                           <jats:underline>E</jats:underline>nglisch<jats:underline>u</jats:underline>nterrichts<jats:underline>b</jats:underline>eginn\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\taus
    <jats:underline>E</jats:underline>lternsicht</jats:italic> / Parental\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tperspectives
    on the onset of English Language Education). Results\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\treveal
    that a significant majority of parents advocate for an early\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tstart
    in year 1 or 2 of primary school, generally aligning with\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttheir
    strong conviction of the importance of English, high\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\teducational
    aspirations and expectations, and their own (early)\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tstart of
    language education. The findings contribute to a deeper\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tunderstanding
    of parental perspectives that have also shown to be\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\trelated
    to multiple indicators of educational success in general and\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tachievements
    in language learning in particular.</jats:p>"
author:
- first_name: Dominik
  full_name: Rumlich, Dominik
  id: '76026'
  last_name: Rumlich
  orcid: 0000-0001-8682-450X
- first_name: Raphaela
  full_name: Porsch, Raphaela
  last_name: Porsch
citation:
  ama: 'Rumlich D, Porsch R. Starting early or late? Parental perspectives on the
    onset of English language education at primary school in Germany. In: Frisch S,
    Glaser K, eds. <i>Early Language Education in Instructed Contexts</i>. John Benjamins
    Publishing Company; 2025:286-305. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1075/lllt.62.13rum">10.1075/lllt.62.13rum</a>'
  apa: Rumlich, D., &#38; Porsch, R. (2025). Starting early or late? Parental perspectives
    on the onset of English language education at primary school in Germany. In S.
    Frisch &#38; K. Glaser (Eds.), <i>Early language education in instructed contexts</i>
    (pp. 286–305). John Benjamins Publishing Company. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1075/lllt.62.13rum">https://doi.org/10.1075/lllt.62.13rum</a>
  bibtex: '@inbook{Rumlich_Porsch_2025, place={Amsterdam}, title={Starting early or
    late? Parental perspectives on the onset of English language education at primary
    school in Germany}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1075/lllt.62.13rum">10.1075/lllt.62.13rum</a>},
    booktitle={Early language education in instructed contexts}, publisher={John Benjamins
    Publishing Company}, author={Rumlich, Dominik and Porsch, Raphaela}, editor={Frisch,
    Stefanie and Glaser, Karen}, year={2025}, pages={286–305} }'
  chicago: 'Rumlich, Dominik, and Raphaela Porsch. “Starting Early or Late? Parental
    Perspectives on the Onset of English Language Education at Primary School in Germany.”
    In <i>Early Language Education in Instructed Contexts</i>, edited by Stefanie
    Frisch and Karen Glaser, 286–305. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company,
    2025. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1075/lllt.62.13rum">https://doi.org/10.1075/lllt.62.13rum</a>.'
  ieee: 'D. Rumlich and R. Porsch, “Starting early or late? Parental perspectives
    on the onset of English language education at primary school in Germany,” in <i>Early
    language education in instructed contexts</i>, S. Frisch and K. Glaser, Eds. Amsterdam:
    John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2025, pp. 286–305.'
  mla: Rumlich, Dominik, and Raphaela Porsch. “Starting Early or Late? Parental Perspectives
    on the Onset of English Language Education at Primary School in Germany.” <i>Early
    Language Education in Instructed Contexts</i>, edited by Stefanie Frisch and Karen
    Glaser, John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2025, pp. 286–305, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1075/lllt.62.13rum">10.1075/lllt.62.13rum</a>.
  short: 'D. Rumlich, R. Porsch, in: S. Frisch, K. Glaser (Eds.), Early Language Education
    in Instructed Contexts, John Benjamins Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 2025, pp.
    286–305.'
date_created: 2025-11-14T14:04:09Z
date_updated: 2025-12-09T17:26:21Z
department:
- _id: '36'
- _id: '1'
- _id: '612'
doi: 10.1075/lllt.62.13rum
editor:
- first_name: Stefanie
  full_name: Frisch, Stefanie
  last_name: Frisch
- first_name: Karen
  full_name: Glaser, Karen
  last_name: Glaser
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
  url: https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/books/9789027244741
oa: '1'
page: 286-305
place: Amsterdam
publication: Early language education in instructed contexts
publication_identifier:
  isbn:
  - '9789027223449'
publication_status: published
publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: Starting early or late? Parental perspectives on the onset of English language
  education at primary school in Germany
type: book_chapter
user_id: '76026'
year: '2025'
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