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Reese, Leslie; Garnier, Helen; Gallimore, Ronald; Goldenberg, Claude – American Educational Research Journal, 2000
Studied factors contributing to early Spanish literacy and later English reading for students from kindergarten through grade 7 (complete data for 91 students). Results suggest that early literacy experiences support subsequent literacy development regardless of language and that time spent on the native language is not time lost with respect to…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Emergent Literacy, English
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Reese, Leslie; Goldenberg, Claude – Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 2006
This article examines language and literacy use in two communities in which Spanish-speaking children live and attend school, documenting the confounding of socioeconomic status, ethnic density, and access to Spanish language and print. Drawing on community observations and interviews with parents and children in a yearlong ethnographic study, we…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Case Studies, Language Usage, Spanish Speaking