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Direct linkJackson, Carla W.; Callender, Maya F. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2014
This study examined differences in the quantity of child vocalizations (CVs) between preschool and home environments using the Language Environmental Analysis (LENA). The sample included monolingual English-speaking children (n = 27) and Spanish-English speaking dual language learners (n = 30). A two-way mixed effects analysis of variance with one…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Family Environment, Verbal Communication
Castilla-Earls, Anny; Petersen, Douglas; Spencer, Trina; Hammer, Krista – Early Education and Development, 2015
Research Findings: The purpose of this study was to describe differences in the narratives produced by 3-, 4-, and 5- year old Spanish-speaking (SS) children. Narrative productions of 104 typically developing children were collected using a story-retelling task and coded using the Index of Narrative Complexity. The results of this study indicate…
Descriptors: Spanish Speaking, Preschool Children, Personal Narratives, Story Telling
Han, Myae; Vukelich, Carol; Buell, Martha; Meacham, Sohyun – Early Education and Development, 2014
Research Findings: The current study reports on the results of a longitudinal investigation of the language and early literacy development of a sample of dual-language learners (DLLs) and monolingual English speakers from low-income families who received an Early Reading First intervention during their Head Start preschool year. A total of 62…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Economically Disadvantaged, Bilingualism, Monolingualism
Walsh, Bridget A. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This dissertation study employed quantitative methods to investigate the impact of adult questioning styles on children's novel vocabulary acquisition during shared storybook reading. In an effort to examine adult qualitative variations in shared storybook readings, two experiments were conducted to assess the effect of noneliciting questions…
Descriptors: Sociocultural Patterns, Disadvantaged Youth, Federal Programs, Vocabulary
Westman, Martin; Korkman, Marit; Mickos, Annika; Byring, Roger – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2008
Background: A large proportion of children are exposed to more than one language, yet research on simultaneous bilingualism has been relatively sparse. Traditionally, there has been concern that bilingualism may aggravate language difficulties of children with language impairment. However, recent studies have not found specific language impairment…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Speech Communication, Language Impairments, Preschool Children
