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Shi, Zihan – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2012
This paper is intended for researchers considering using ethnography as a methodology to investigate home literacy experiences of children learning English as a Second Language (ESL). After briefly setting ethnographic study in the context of English language learners' home literacy practices, I identify five opportunities and five potential…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Ethnography, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Paradis, Johanne; Crago, Martha – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2000
This study compared the morphosyntax of French speaking children with specific language impairment to the morphosyntax of English speaking children acquiring a second language (French). Findings indicated that use of morphosyntax by both groups has significant similarities and children in both groups demonstrated optional infinitive effects in…
Descriptors: Children, French, Language Acquisition, Language Impairments
Rigg, Pat, Ed.; Enright, D. Scott, Ed. – 1986
Seven essays address aspects of English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction for children, seen from a variety of perspectives: research, teaching, and ethnography. They include: "Introduction: Children and ESL" (D. Scott Enright, Pat Rigg); "ESL Teachers as Language Advocates for Children" (Courtney Cazden); "ESL Children's Writing: What We've…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Child Language, Children, Classroom Techniques
Gass, Susan M., Ed.; Madden, Carolyn G., Ed. – 1985
This collection of conference papers includes: "When Does Teacher Talk Work as Input?"; "Cultural Input in Second Language Learning"; "Skilled Variation in a Kindergarten Teacher's Use of Foreigner Talk"; "Teacher-Pupil Interaction in Second Language Development"; "Foreigner Talk in the University…
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Communicative Competence (Languages), Conference Proceedings