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Hammer, Carol Scheffner; Davison, Megan Dunn; Lawrence, Frank R.; Miccio, Adele W. – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2009
This investigation examined the impact of maternal language and children's gender on bilingual children's vocabulary and emergent literacy development during 2 years in Head Start and kindergarten. Seventy-two mothers and their children who attended English immersion programs participated. Questionnaires administered annually over a 3-year period…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Immersion Programs, Mothers, Child Language
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Keatinge, H. Robert – Teacher Education Quarterly, 1984
The Carpinteria Preschool Spanish Immersion Project was developed to bring Spanish speaking children to a level in school readiness skills that matched English dominant children upon entrance to kindergarten. A description of the program and its effectiveness is offered. (DF)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Language, Immersion Programs, Language Acquisition
Bruck, Margaret – 1978
This is the second report of a longitudinal project, initiated in 1970, in which children with and without language problems are identified in French immersion and English kindergartens and closely monitored to the end of grade 3. This study investigates the desirability of early French immersion program for English-speaking children with language…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Child Language, Delayed Speech, Early Childhood Education