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Direct linkChristine Fisher Vail – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Usage-based theories of language development underscore the importance of children using language to learn language. Few investigations have applied usage-based theories to dual language learners (DLLs), who comprise a growing share of children attending early education programs in the U.S. Three studies were carried out to investigate the role of…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Language Usage, Spanish, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedJimena Cosso; Giancarlo Visconti; Alexa Ellis; David Purpura – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2024
Background: Gaps between dual language learners (DLLs) and monolingual English-speaking children have been reported at kindergarten entry, and many DLL children are classified as long-term English learners, having less access to the general curriculum in the upper grades (NASEM, 2017). The supposed underperformance of DLLs might be due to the…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Bilingual Students, Mathematics Skills, Mathematics Achievement
Sarah Surrain; Stephanie M. Curenton; Cecilia Jarquín Tapia – Early Education and Development, 2023
Research Findings: Children's oral language skills lay the foundation for later literacy and can be fostered through responsive conversations with teachers. However, such conversations are rare in preschool, particularly between teachers and dual language learners (DLLs), or students who speak a minoritized language at home. DLLs benefit when…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Student Participation
Download full textSarah Surrain; Stephanie M. Curenton; Cecilia Jarquín Tapiab – Grantee Submission, 2022
Research Findings: Children's oral language skills lay the foundation for later literacy and can be fostered through responsive conversations with teachers. However, such conversations are rare in preschool, particularly between teachers and dual language learners (DLLs), or students who speak a minoritized language at home. DLLs benefit when…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Student Participation
Elisa B. Garcia – Grantee Submission, 2018
Using a nationally representative sample of dual language learners (DLLs) attending Head Start, this study investigated how the language used for instruction and the proportion of DLLs in the class was associated with English and Spanish receptive vocabulary development between the fall and spring (n = 531). Based on teacher report of the language…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Elisa B. Garcia – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In recent decades, the share of ethnically and linguistically diverse children enrolled in schools in the United States has exponentially increased. Despite the growing representation of ethnic minority and dual language learner (DLL) children, there is persistent evidence of early vocabulary gaps between low-income and DLL children and their…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Executive Function, Preschool Education, Spanish
