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Preschool Children's Engagement and School Readiness Skills: Exploring Differences between Spanish-Speaking Dual Language Learners and Monolingual English-Speaking Preschoolers
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Rojas, Natalia M.; Yoshikawa, Hirokazu; Morris, Pamela – Early Education and Development, 2023
Research Findings: The study examined the relationship between Spanish-speaking DLL children's engagement within the preschool classroom with teachers, peers, and tasks and their school readiness skills compared to monolingual English-speaking peers. Results suggested that DLL children had lower language skills and phonological awareness by the…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Learner Engagement, School Readiness, Spanish Speaking
Family Literacy Activities and Their Interplay with Family and Preschool Language Environments: Links to Gains in Dual Language Learners' German Vocabulary
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Willard, Jessica A.; Kohl, Katharina; Bihler, Lilly-Marlen; Agache, Alexandru; Leyendecker, Birgit – Early Education and Development, 2021
Research Findings: Are family literacy activities linked to gains in preschool-aged dual language learners' (DLLs') societal language vocabulary? To understand connections between literacy activities and vocabulary, we separately considered literacy activities in the respective heritage language and in the societal language, German, and accounted…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Family Environment, Native Language, Turkish