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Snow, Marianne; Eslami, Zohreh R.; Park, Jeong Hyun – Reading Psychology, 2015
Although growing numbers of young English language learners (ELLs) from low-income homes enroll in U.S. schools, there remains a lack of research on how they respond to common school literacy practices including a literacy-enriched play. This exploratory study aims to examine the writing behaviors of six kindergarteners in their classroom's…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Low Income
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Millett, Joseph; Atwill, Kim; Blanchard, Jay; Gorin, Joanna – Reading Psychology, 2008
Research examined construct meaning and validity for two new measures of receptive and expressive vocabulary for Spanish-speaking kindergarteners learning English. Substantive validity and generalizability of score meaning was assessed by examining correlations between an established measure (Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-PPVT) and new measures…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Validity, Achievement Tests, Emergent Literacy