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Home Language Environment and Executive Functions in Mexican American and Chinese American Preschoolers in Head Start
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Haft, Stephanie L.; Gys, Christopher L.; Bunge, Silvia; Uchikoshi, Yuuko; Zhou, Qing – Early Education and Development, 2022
Research Findings: Using two groups of dual language learners (DLLs), the current study examined links between two developmental constructs closely linked to school readiness: the home language environment (HLE) and executive function (EF). In a sample of 90 children (age range = 38-70 months, 59% girls) from either Mexican American (MA, N = 46)…
Descriptors: Mexican Americans, Chinese Americans, Preschool Children, Preschool Education
Family Literacy Activities and Their Interplay with Family and Preschool Language Environments: Links to Gains in Dual Language Learners' German Vocabulary
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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
Relations of English and Heritage Language Proficiency to Response Inhibition and Attention Shifting in Dual Language Learners in Head Start
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Williams, Aya Inamori; Uchikoshi, Yuuko; Bunge, Silvia A.; Zhou, Qing – Early Education and Development, 2019
This study examined the concurrent relations of English (EL) and heritage language (HL) proficiency to executive functions (EF) among low-income dual language learners (DLLs) from immigrant families. In a sample of 90 children (age = 38-70 months) from Chinese-speaking Chinese American and Spanish-speaking Mexican American families recruited from…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Receptive Language, Expressive Language
The Influence of Risk Factors on Preschoolers' Spanish Vocabulary Development in the Context of Spanish Instruction
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Mancilla-Martinez, Jeannette; Wallace Jacoby, Jennifer – Early Education and Development, 2018
Research Findings: This longitudinal study investigated the Spanish vocabulary development of dual-language-learning (DLL) children (N = 150) from Spanish-speaking, low-income, predominantly immigrant homes who were enrolled in a state-funded preschool program that provided instruction in Spanish. Children's Spanish vocabulary trajectories were…
Descriptors: Spanish, Low Income, Vocabulary Development, Risk