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Winstone, Laura K.; Benitez, Viridiana L.; van Huisstede, Lauren – Developmental Psychology, 2021
Children learn the words of their native language(s) from interactions with their caregivers. Although previous research has found that the language children hear during those interactions predicts vocabulary outcomes, few studies have investigated how qualitative features of social interactions work together to affect children's vocabulary…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Toddlers, Preschool Children
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López, Lisa M.; Komaroff, Eugene; Scheffner Hammer, Carol; Rodriguez, Barbara; Scarpino, Shelley; Bitetti, Dana; Goldstein, Brian – Early Education and Development, 2020
Research Findings: The Latino population within the U.S. is heterogeneous with diversity in education level, country of origin, and English language fluency. Latino children often enter school with limited English language skills. In the current study, we surveyed 448 Latino families of Cuban, Mexican, and Puerto Rican descent regarding their home…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Hispanic Americans, Parents, Language Usage
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Welch, Irene – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2015
This article draws on data from a yearlong case study of a Mexican American ESL teacher's practice in a K-5 school in the southeastern United States. The study examines how the teacher established bilingual interactional space in her ESL pullout class consisting of six 9- to 11-year old students of Mexican descent. The analysis shows the ways in…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Self Concept, Mexican Americans, English (Second Language)
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Akerson, Valarie, Ed.; Shelley, Mack, Ed. – Online Submission, 2021
"Proceedings of International Conference on Social and Education Sciences" includes full papers presented at the International Conference on Social and Education Sciences (IConSES)-www.iconses.net which took place on October 21-24, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The aim of the conference is to offer opportunities to share ideas, to…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Experiential Learning, Skill Development, Teaching Methods
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Fuller, Bruce; Bein, Edward; Kim, Yoonjeon; Rabe-Hesketh, Sophia – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2015
Recent studies reveal early and wide gaps in cognitive and oral language skills--whether gauged in English or Spanish--among Latino children relative to White peers. Yet, other work reports robust child health and social development, even among children of Mexican American immigrants raised in poor households, the so-called "immigrant…
Descriptors: Mexican Americans, Toddlers, Cognitive Development, Social Class
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Akerson, Valarie, Ed.; Shelley, Mack, Ed. – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2021
"Proceedings of International Conference on Social and Education Sciences" includes full papers presented at the International Conference on Social and Education Sciences (IConSES), which took place on October 21-24, 2021, in Chicago, Illinois. The aim of the conference is to offer opportunities to share ideas, discuss theoretical and…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Experiential Learning, Skill Development, Hispanic American Students
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Penalosa, Fernando
The linguistic situation of the Mexican-American community is complex, involving multiglossia and multilingualism. Various language codes and different blendings of English and Spanish are in use within the community. Educators should decide which code they will use in their planning. Research is needed to consider the various codes and their…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Cultural Differences
Chesterfield, Ray; And Others – 1982
Three different bilingual, bicultural curriculum, preschool models encouraged children to use three different interaction strategies, but the models had no lasting effects on the children's first grade interactions, according to a year's observation of the communication experiences of 42 Mexican American children of varying English language…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Communication Research, Communication Skills, English (Second Language)
Kuhlman, Natalie A.; And Others – 1993
A study investigated the emerging journal-writing skills of 16 monolingual Spanish-speaking Mexican Americans and 10 monolingual English-speaking first-graders in San Diego County, California, in a whole-language, two-way bilingual classroom. The research looked for developmental stages in writing in the primary language, similarities or…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Developmental Stages, Elementary School Students, Emergent Literacy
ERICKSON, JOHN – 1968
ONE METHOD OF ATTEMPTING TO MEET THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF ECONOMICALLY OR CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS IS THROUGH A COMMUNITY LIAISON PROGRAM UTILIZING COMMUNITY AIDES TO INFORM THE COMMUNITY OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SCHOOL AND AVAILABLE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, TO INFORM THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM OF THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY,…
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, Auxiliary Laborers, Communications, Community Influence