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Kan, Pui Fong; Kohnert, Kathryn – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2012
Longitudinal word learning studies which control for experience can advance understanding of language learning and potential intra- and inter-language relationships in developing bilinguals. We examined novel word learning in both the first (L1) and the second (L2) languages of bilingual children. The rate and shape of change as well as the role…
Descriptors: Hmong People, Preschool Children, Training, Vocabulary Development
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Estrem, Theresa L. – TESL-EJ, 2011
This research investigated the use of a measure of expressive vocabulary to monitor the development of preschoolers learning English. Over 1200 preschoolers whose primary language was Somali, Hmong, Spanish, or English were assessed three times during one year using an Individual Growth and Development Indicator (IGDI) for Picture Naming, a…
Descriptors: Afro Asiatic Languages, Speech Communication, Hmong People, Expressive Language
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Roberts, Theresa A. – Reading Research Quarterly, 2008
This study examined how providing either primary- or English-language storybooks for home reading followed by classroom storybook reading and vocabulary instruction in English influenced English vocabulary acquisition. Participants in the study were preschool children (N = 33), from low socioeconomic status families, whose primary language was…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Preschool Children, Vocabulary Development, Language Skills