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Direct linkOrizaba, Lorena; Gorman, Brenda K.; Fiestas, Christine E.; Bingham, Gary E.; Terry, Nicole Patton – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2020
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine narrative language samples of Spanish-speaking preschoolers to analyze changes in microstructural and macrostructural skills in their first language (L1) from fall to spring, relationships between narrative and vocabulary skills in L1, and the extent to which fall skills predict spring performance.…
Descriptors: Spanish Speaking, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Native Language
Nancy C. Marencin; Ashley A. Edwards; Nicole Patton Terry – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2024
Purpose: We investigated and compared the outcomes from two standardized, norm-referenced screening assessments of language (i.e., Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals Preschool--Second Edition [CELFP-2], Diagnostic Evaluation of Language Variation--Screening Test [DELV-ST]) with African American preschoolers whose spoken dialect differed…
Descriptors: African American Students, Preschool Children, Black Dialects, Diagnostic Tests
Download full textGuerrero-Rosada, Paola; Weiland, Christina; McCormick, Meghan; Hsueh, JoAnn; Sachs, Jason; Snow, Catherine; Maier, Michelle – Grantee Submission, 2021
General measures of process quality are widely used in the early childhood education (ECE) field. However, the evidence regarding associations between the most widely used process quality measure, the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS; Pianta et al., 2008), and children's school readiness gains during the preschool year is mixed. Using…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Executive Function, Vocabulary Skills, Correlation
Spencer, Trina D.; Moran, Meghan; Thompson, Marilyn S.; Petersen, Douglas B.; Restrepo, M. Adelaida – AERA Open, 2020
The purpose of this cluster randomized group study was to investigate the effect of multitiered, dual-language instruction on children's oral language skills, including vocabulary, narrative retell, receptive and expressive language, and listening comprehension. The participants were 3- to 5-year-old children (n = 81) who were learning English and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Oral Language, Language Skills, Vocabulary Skills
Coyle, Yvette; Gómez Gracia, Remei – ELT Journal, 2014
This article looks at the effects of a teaching sequence of song-based activities on the L2 vocabulary acquisition of a group of five-year-old Spanish child EFL learners. Twenty-five preschool children received three 30-minute lessons organized around the presentation and practice of a well-known children's song. Vocabulary picture tests were…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Vocabulary Skills, Singing, Preschool Children
Aukrust, Vibeke Grover – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2007
This study investigated relationships between teacher talk exposure in preschool and school and children's second language vocabulary acquisition. Teacher talk exposure and vocabulary acquisition in Turkish-speaking children learning Norwegian and attending various classrooms were assessed yearly from when the children were in their next-to-last…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Skills, Vocabulary Development, Grade 1
Uchikoshi, Yuuko – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2006
This study examines growth rates in vocabulary over an academic year for 150 Latino English language learners. In October, February, and June of kindergarten, participants completed standardized measures of receptive and expressive vocabulary. Before the second and third assessments, a third of the children watched Arthur three times a week during…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Second Language Learning, Literacy, Vocabulary Skills
