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Carolina Torrejon Capurro; Lindsey Moses; Paula Garces – Reading Teacher, 2024
As part of a large study aiming to understand how kindergarten children in Colombia used translanguaging during independent play, Paula (the teacher) along with Dr. Moses (lead researcher) co-designed a 6-week play-based intervention that included a variety of learning experiences such as partner reading, small-group reading, and supported play,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Kindergarten, Young Children
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Si'ilata, Rae K.; Jacobs, Mary M.; Gaffney, Janet S.; Aseta, Martha; Hansell, Kyla – Reading Teacher, 2023
The Pasifika Early Literacy Project supports teachers to make space for the languages and cultures of Pacific children and families in early childhood settings in Aotearoa New Zealand. Dual-language books in five Pacific languages and English validate Pacific children's languages, literacies, and identities. We highlight teacher practices…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Bilingualism, English (Second Language), Malayo Polynesian Languages
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James, Sybil; Odejide, Abiola – Reading Teacher, 1981
Notes that in Nigeria, where English is the language of instruction, more English language literature books for children, as well as those in the indigenous languages, are needed to encourage children to read for pleasure. (FL)
Descriptors: African Culture, Childrens Literature, English, Foreign Countries
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Biglmaier, Franz – Reading Teacher, 1991
Shares the views of one professor of reading in Berlin on reading instruction in Germany both before and after the reunification of Germany. (MG)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Instructional Materials, Political Attitudes