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Trina D. Spencer; Megan S. Kirby; Anna R. Garcia; Becca Sturm – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2025
There are several benefits for Dual Language Learners (DLLs) when their home language is integrated into classroom instruction. For example, instruction in students' home language facilitates the learning of the new language more rapidly and supports bilingualism. One way to enhance young children's language learning is to engage families in home…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Native Language, Spanish
Guadalupe Diaz Lara; Megan M. McClelland – Grantee Submission, 2024
This study explored the relations between parental formal education, residential mobility, and children's school readiness in a sample of 509 Head Start children, 30% of whom were Spanish-speaking Dual Language Learners (DLLs). Additionally, it explored whether the relations between these demographic factors and school readiness varied as a…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Parent Background
Elisa B. Garcia – Grantee Submission, 2018
Using a nationally representative sample of dual language learners (DLLs) attending Head Start, this study investigated how the language used for instruction and the proportion of DLLs in the class was associated with English and Spanish receptive vocabulary development between the fall and spring (n = 531). Based on teacher report of the language…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction