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Zhou, Yan-Ling – Foreign Language Annals, 2021
This study examined how a dialogic reading (DR) program with a component of multisensory learning (MS) of Chinese characters improved early Chinese reading and writing skills in L2 Chinese-speaking kindergarteners in Hong Kong. The DR + MS program was compared to the same DR program but focusing on morphological awareness (MA) training. A total of…
Descriptors: Morphology (Languages), Literacy, Chinese, Kindergarten
Barnes, Erica M.; Grifenhagen, Jill F.; Dickinson, David K. – Teachers College Press, 2021
This practical guide shows teachers how to introduce academic language to young children, with an emphasis on appreciating and leveraging linguistic diversity. New educational standards are asking students to master content-area concepts and increasingly complex texts in earlier grades. This practitioner-friendly text provides instructional…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Academic Language, Language Usage, Kindergarten
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Ferholt, Beth; Lecusay, Robert – Mind, Culture, and Activity, 2010
This article analyses adult and child development in the zone of proximal development in an educational practice based in Vygotsky's theories of play: the playworld educational practice. The playworld educational practice is a central component of a Scandinavian play pedagogy that promotes shared responsibility amongst adults and children for…
Descriptors: Children, Adults, Interpersonal Relationship, Play