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Chan Lü; Amy E. Pace; Liu Liu – Educational Linguistics, 2023
Inspired by the pioneering work of Dr. G. R. Tucker and colleagues on French Immersion in Canada, later known as the St. Lambert experiment (Lambert & Tucker, "Journal of Educational Psychology," 65(2), 141-159, 1972), language immersion education also proliferated in the United States in the last decades. Research in the U.S.…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Immersion Programs, Program Effectiveness, Mandarin Chinese
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Sumi Kim; Janina Brutt-Griffler – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2025
This study examines how a high-pressure family language policy (FLP) is implemented in South Korea, focusing on the experiences of a family with a preschool-aged child, Jay. The phenomenon of "English fever," which has led to the widespread adoption of intensive early childhood English education, has contributed to the increasing…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Second Languages, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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MacLeod, Andrea A. N.; Pesco, Diane – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2023
Given their significance in daily life and frequent inclusion in clinical and educational assessments, children's narrative abilities merit investigation. The present study examines the narratives of children acquiring an additional language, adding to the more abundant studies of monolingual children. Sixty kindergartners (mean age 68 months)…
Descriptors: Child Development, French, Kindergarten, Narration
Al-Jarf, Reima – Online Submission, 2023
In an era where the English language has become dominant in all fields and is the prevailing language worldwide, many Arab parents and intellectuals are wondering about the optimal age to start teaching their children English. Should they speak to their children in English at an early age? Should they enrol their children in a pre-school that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Mothers
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Chaparro, Sofía E. – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2023
This paper addresses the interactional dynamics of one bilingual, two-way immersion classroom where children came from diverse linguistic, cultural, racial, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Based on an ethnographic discourse analytic study of one kindergarten TWI classroom, I analyze interactional data using participant frameworks as the unit of…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Discourse Analysis, Bilingualism, Socialization
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Albayrak, Fatma; Badam, Azzaya – Pegem Journal of Education and Instruction, 2023
One of the bilingual communities surviving today in Mongolia, which is the cultural heritage site of the ancient communities that left their mark on the history of Central Asia, are the Tuvan and the Dukha, which is considered a branch of them. In this study, it is aimed to reflect the language teaching practices carried out for the young…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Language Usage, Case Studies, Native Language
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Jo Westbrook; Margaret Baleeta; Caroline Dyer; Annette Islei – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2023
Uganda's "early exit" language policy positions African languages ambiguously in public education provision. Runyoro-Rutooro and Runyankore-Rukiga are spoken in Western Uganda in public spaces where translanguaging happens as a matter of course. These languages are heard at pre-primary and lower primary levels but are superseded by…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, African Languages, Language Usage, English (Second Language)
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Griskell, Holly L.; Gámez, Perla B. – Developmental Psychology, 2023
This study examined the relation between middle school Dual Language Learners' (DLLs'; N = 413; M age = 11.66 years old; 87.1% Latino; female = 234, male = 179) reading comprehension skills and their teachers' (N = 32; M age = 36.53 years; 81.3% Caucasian; female = 27, male = 5) questioning practices across the school year. This study also…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Reading Comprehension, Questioning Techniques, Correlation
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Claudine Kirsch; Lisandre Bergeron-Morin – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2023
There is a consensus that home languages are the foundation on which to develop additional languages and that collaboration between homes and institutions of early childhood education and care (ECEC) can contribute to the development of children's language and literacy skills. Nevertheless, educators seem rarely to draw on multiple languages in…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Parent Child Relationship, Child Care Centers, Second Language Learning
Wei, Chang; Gu, Mingyue Michelle; Jiang, Lianjiang – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2022
Drawing on semi-structured interviews with six Chinese migrant families with children aged 12-15 years old, this qualitative study uses a Bourdieusian lens to probe how the historically lived and migration experiences of Chinese internal migrant parents construct their paradoxical beliefs in children's English learning and informs their family…
Descriptors: Family Relationship, Language Usage, Native Language, Second Language Learning
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Zhang, Xinyi; Lau, Carrie; Su, Yufen – Early Education and Development, 2023
Research Findings: This study conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to examine the relationship between the home environment and the development of English as a second/foreign language for young Asian children. A systematic search of relevant databases generated 22 eligible studies published between 2001 and 2020 (N[subscript…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Meta Analysis, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Schwartz, Mila, Ed. – Springer, 2022
This is the first international and interdisciplinary handbook to offer a comprehensive and an in-depth overview of findings from contemporary research, theory, and practice in early childhood language education in various parts of the world and with different populations. The contributions by leading scholars and practitioners are structured to…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Language Acquisition, Child Development
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Starr, Rebecca Lurie; Kapoor, Shrutika – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2021
Although Singapore schools are English-medium, Mandarin is a compulsory subject for students of Chinese heritage. As young Singaporeans increasingly speak English at home, the required study of Mandarin has become a source of anxiety for families. Mandarin 'enrichment centers', which provide supplementary language classes, leverage this anxiety in…
Descriptors: Mandarin Chinese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Enrichment Activities
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Arnaus Gil, Laia; Müller, Natascha; Sette, Nadine; Hüppop, Marina – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2021
This article examines factors that promote active multilingualism. For this purpose, the "Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test" was used with 48 children. Their results were linked to a parental questionnaire designed to evaluate the children's linguistic input in their immediate environment. The study shows that, besides a minimum amount of…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Multilingualism, Family Relationship, Language Usage
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Szwed, Amanda; González-Carriedo, Ricardo – Bilingual Research Journal, 2019
This article examines the language ideologies associated with the sense of self-efficacy of bilingual preservice teachers about their Spanish-language skills. Current teacher shortages in the field of bilingual education and increased professional demands placed over pre- and in-service bilingual teachers compel teacher education programs to adapt…
Descriptors: Ideology, Self Efficacy, Bilingualism, Preservice Teachers
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