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Cheyney, Arnold B. – 1976
Teaching within the context of individuality, desire, and emotion means that teachers must have an understanding of various cultures, the languages children speak, and the strengths the children possess. This second edition of the text "Teaching Culturally Disadvantaged in the Elementary School" is more inclusive of minority groups, moves into the…
Descriptors: Child Language, Children, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques
Escobedo, Theresa Herrera, Ed. – 1983
A collection of 14 articles about bilingual education for Hispanic children emphasizes early childhood education. The articles explore language acquisition and development, the impact of culture on learning, and classroom strategies. Among the topics are discussed are: child bilingualism, code switching, cultural influences on cognitive style,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Child Language, Code Switching (Language)
Moerk, Ernst L. – 2000
This book provides a summary of past and cutting-edge research on the acquisition of language by young children. It lends support to the behavioralist paradigm of language acquisition, namely, that maternal rewards and corrections should be integrated with perceptual, cognitive, and social learning conceptualizations in a skill-learning approach…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Child Language, Cultural Differences, Epistemology
