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Wofford, Mary Claire; Wood, Carla – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2021
Spanish-English-speaking dual language learners (SE-DLLs) from low-income backgrounds are at risk for experiencing academic difficulty compared to peers of ethnic-majority, middle- and high-income backgrounds. Caregiver language input is a consistent predictor of later developmental and academic outcomes. The current study targeted caregivers (n…
Descriptors: Low Income Students, At Risk Students, Minority Group Students, English Language Learners
Rodriguez, Estrella; Bustamante, Kristina; Wood, Carla; Sunderman, Gretchen – Grantee Submission, 2017
In this study, we elicited grammatical forms (oral production) from a group of child heritage speakers of Spanish (N = 45) in English and Spanish, using the morphosyntax subtest of the Bilingual English-Spanish Assessment (BESA), (Peña et al. 2014). A cross-sectional design was used with 25 participants in kindergarten and 20 in first grade. All…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grammar, Spanish Speaking
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Wood, Carla; Hoge, Rachel – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2019
Purpose: This study aimed to describe change in dual language learners' (DLLs) morphosyntactic skills from kindergarten to first grade based on a sentence repetition task in English and Spanish. Methods: The sample included Spanish-English speaking children (n = 25). Investigators employed a repeated measures analysis of variance with one…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Grade 1, Elementary School Students, Preschool Children