ERIC Number: EJ1241692
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Feb
Pages: 32
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-8312
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Classroom Language Contexts as Predictors of Latinx Preschool Dual Language Learners' School Readiness
Limlingan, Maria C.; McWayne, Christine M.; Sanders, Elizabeth A.; López, Michael L.
American Educational Research Journal, v57 n1 p339-370 Feb 2020
The present study examined the relations between teacher-child interactions, teachers' Spanish use, classroom linguistic composition, and the school readiness skills of low-income, Latinx, Spanish-speaking dual language learners (DLLs), controlling for home and teacher background characteristics, with a national probability sample of Head Start children (i.e., from the Family and Child Experiences Survey [FACES, 2009]). Findings revealed that Head Start classrooms with higher concentrations of DLLs had teachers who reported lower average levels of children's cooperative behavior. In addition, DLL students in classrooms where teachers used more Spanish for instruction and demonstrated more emotionally supportive teacher-child interactions were found to have higher average scores on measures of approaches to learning. Implications and directions for future research related to classroom language contexts are discussed.
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Spanish, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language of Instruction, Teacher Student Relationship, Cooperative Learning, Language Usage, School Readiness, Low Income, Bilingual Students, Teacher Characteristics, Preschool Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Teacher Attitudes, Preschool Children, Learning Processes, Hispanic American Students, Verbal Ability, Vocabulary, Intelligence Tests, Receptive Language, Social Development, Emotional Development
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Administration for Children and Families (DHHS), Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE)
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