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Catherine Lammert; Brian Hand; Chloe E. Woods – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2025
An important goal in early childhood science education is students' development of academic language. However, scholars disagree on whether academic language must be explicitly taught or whether it can be learned through immersive science experiences. In this case study of a co-taught second grade classroom, we use positioning theory and framings…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Language Usage, Science Education, Early Childhood Education
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Corella, Meghan – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2022
Despite an increased interest in academic language in recent years, critical and sociopolitical perspectives in this area of scholarship remain scarce. This paper presents brings such perspectives to the study of academic language by proposing a framework that highlights its situated social meanings through a focus on social identities and…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Ideology, Discourse Analysis, Elementary School Students
Wanzek, Jeanne; Wood, Carla; Schatschneider, Christopher – Remedial and Special Education, 2022
This study aimed to examine language at the teacher/classroom level among second-grade classrooms that differ in socioeconomic backgrounds. Measures of teachers' vocabulary input across the school day throughout the school year were examined. There was a significant difference in the proportion of academic word use between classes that differed in…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Students, Grade 2, Academic Language
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Moreno, Nancy; Newell, Alana; Sailors, Misty; Garay, Dolores – Journal of STEM Outreach, 2020
Early elementary students are not typically introduced to science-specific disciplinary literacies -- the specific ways in which scientists use and interpret language -- even though authentic experiences with literacy strategies and tools used within the field may help incorporate learners into the scientific community of practice. The lack of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Language Usage, Academic Language, Elementary School Science