ERIC Number: EJ1210500
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 16
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Classroom Quality, Classroom Composition, and Age at Entry: Experiences in Early Childhood Education and Care and Single and Dual Language Learners' German Vocabulary
Kohl, Katharina; Willard, Jessica A.; Agache, Alexandru; Bihler, Lilly-Marlen; Leyendecker, Birgit
AERA Open, v5 n1 Jan-Mar 2019
We examined independent and interactive links among three central characteristics of children's experiences in early childhood education and care and the German receptive vocabulary of single language learners and dual language learners (DLLs). We allowed for possible differential effects depending on children's language background. Our sample included 2,231 children (n = 1,555 single language learners, n = 371 DLLs from families in which German was frequently spoken, n = 305 DLLs from families in which German was less frequently spoken). Children attended 177 classrooms in 95 early childhood education and care centers and were 30 to 80 months old. We found that classroom process quality predicted German vocabulary only for DLLs with low exposure to German in the family. An earlier age at entry was linked to a larger German vocabulary for all children, but the link was stronger for DLLs from families with low exposure to German. Classroom composition did not predict German vocabulary.
Descriptors: German, Vocabulary Development, Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Second Language Learning, Bilingualism, Prediction, Educational Quality, Classroom Environment, Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Intelligence Tests, Verbal Ability, Vocabulary, Student Characteristics, Cultural Background, Teacher Student Ratio, Language Skills, Outcomes of Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Germany
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Classroom Assessment Scoring System; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test
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