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More than Words -- How Second Language Learners Initiate and Respond during Shared Picture Book Reading Interactions
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Kappenberg, Aleksandra; Licandro, Ulla – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
Initiating conversations and responding to initiations of others via gestural and verbal means are prerequisites for participating in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) interactions. However, research to date has not addressed the multimodal initiations and responses of young second language learners (SLLs) in natural ECEC settings. This…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Reading Aloud to Others, Verbal Communication, Picture Books
Sequential Bilingualism and Language Impairment: The Persian Version of ALDeQ Parental Questionnaire
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Karimijavan, Gelavizh; Ebadi, Abbas; Yadegari, Fariba; Dastjerdi Kazemi, Mehdi; Darouie, Akbar; Karimi, Salah Eddin – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the discriminant validity of the Persian version of Alberta Language Development Questionnaire (ALDeQ) in Turkish-Persian bilingual children, aged 75 months with 19 months of exposure to Persian, on average. The study sample included the parents of 22 bilingual children with language…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Indo European Languages, Questionnaires, Parent Attitudes
Dual Language Learners and Four Areas of Early Childhood Learning and Development: What Do We Know and What Do We Need to Learn?
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Banse, Holland W. – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
Dual language learners are a steadily growing student population in several countries, including the United States -- and especially in early childhood. Consequently, any efforts to develop strong early childhood programming must include practices which support multiple areas of DLLs' development. From a domain-specific lens, I synthesize the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Early Childhood Education, Second Language Learning, Literacy Education
Supporting Young Spanish Speaking English Learners through Teacher Scaffolding and Reciprocal Peer Tutoring
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Xu, Yaoying; Chen, Chin-Chih; Spence, Christine; Washington-Nortey, Melissa; Zhang, Fa; Brown, Amber – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
Young English learners (ELs) whose home language is Spanish continue to lag behind in several school readiness areas including language and literacy skills in spite of their strong social skills, which are positively related to language and literacy. The purpose of this article is to identify challenges that preschool Spanish speaking ELs face,…
Descriptors: Spanish Speaking, English Language Learners, Peer Teaching, Literacy
Examining the Role of Demographic Characteristics, Attachment, and Language in Preschool Children's Executive Function Skills
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Palomino, Cinthia I.; Brudvig, Andrea – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
Executive function (EF) skills play a crucial role in young children's academic and social-emotional development. Given that factors associated with poverty can compromise the development of EF skills, it is vital to continue to examine what factors help predict and support EF skills in children from at-risk backgrounds. Using a sample of Head…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Language Acquisition, Executive Function, Gender Differences