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Laurel Teller; C. Melanie Schuele – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2024
This study investigated the feasibility of a vocabulary-based teacher intervention to increase preschool teachers' production of complement clauses (e.g. "I wonder if we can put the monkey in the tree") in teacher-children play interactions. Using a multiple baseline across participants design we measured the impact of an intervention…
Descriptors: Play, Preschool Education, Phrase Structure, Teacher Student Relationship
Min Hyun Oh; Jeannette Mancilla-Martinez; Jin Kyoung Hwang – Grantee Submission, 2023
The unprecedented growth of Spanish-English dual language learners (DLLs) in new destination states (e.g., Georgia, Indiana, South Carolina, Tennessee) calls for better understanding of the relation between their bilingual vocabulary skills and English reading achievement. The current study focused on school-age Spanish-English DLLs (N = 60) in…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Predictor Variables, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students
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Hadley, Elizabeth Burke; Newman, Katherine Mackay; Kim, Eun Sook – Early Education and Development, 2023
Research Findings: The present study investigates both the proximal processes and contextual influences on children's oral language development in preschool. We examine whether teacher language practices vary across activity settings and program type, which teacher language practices predict children's oral language skills, and potential…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Context Effect, Oral Language, Language Acquisition