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Willard, Jessica A.; Kohl, Katharina; Bihler, Lilly-Marlen; Agache, Alexandru; Leyendecker, Birgit – Early Education and Development, 2021
Research Findings: Are family literacy activities linked to gains in preschool-aged dual language learners' (DLLs') societal language vocabulary? To understand connections between literacy activities and vocabulary, we separately considered literacy activities in the respective heritage language and in the societal language, German, and accounted…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Family Environment, Native Language, Turkish
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Johnson, Haley E.; Molloy Elreda, Lauren; Kibler, Amanda K.; Futch Ehrlich, Valerie A. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2020
Employing a social capital framework, this study investigates teachers' role in influencing the peer dynamics between English learners (ELs) and their non-EL peers. Participants include 713 students (211 EL students). Observed teacher-student interaction quality and teacher self-reports of their peer network management were used to operationalize…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Social Capital, Peer Relationship, English Language Learners
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Neugebauer, Sabina; Sandilos, Lia; Coyne, Michael; McCoach, D. Betsy; Ware, Sharon – Early Education and Development, 2020
Research Findings: This study of kindergarten monolingual and Dual Language Learners (DLLs) (N=263; mean age = 63.40 months) and their teachers (N=27) found significant mean differences in the observed quality of language interactions in classrooms with differing proportions of DLLs. Teachers instructing in classrooms with higher numbers of DLLs…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Bilingualism, Kindergarten, Teacher Student Relationship