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The Relation between Exposure to Sophisticated and Complex Language and Early-Adolescent English-Only and Language Minority Learners' Vocabulary
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Gamez, Perla B.; Lesaux, Nonie K. – Child Development, 2012
This study investigated the relation between teachers' (N = 22) use of sophisticated and complex language in urban middle-school classrooms and their students' (mean age at pretest = 11.51 years; N = 782; 568 language minority and 247 English only) vocabulary knowledge. Using videotaped classroom observations, teachers' speech was transcribed and…
Descriptors: Syntax, Vocabulary Skills, Language Minorities, Middle School Students