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Literature Talk: Dialogue Improvisation and Patterned Conversations with Second Language Learners.

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Ferguson, Phyllis M.; Young, Terrell A. – Language Arts, 1996

Describes how a kindergarten teacher uses picture book text to initiate dialog improvisations and patterned conversations, providing children who are acquiring English with meaningful, low-risk opportunities to use and learn English. (SR)

Descriptors: English (Second Language), Kindergarten Children, Literature Appreciation, Oral Language

Inquiring into a Second Language and the Culture of School

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Pataray-Ching, Jann; Kitt-Hinrichs, Brooke; Nguyen, Van – Language Arts, 2006

This article presents a story of Han, a Vietnamese kindergartner, during her first year at East Elementary School. A classroom environment that supports learner-generated inquiries gives her the self-confidence to inquire freely into a second language and culture. Her inquiries enable her to develop her oral and written English language as she…

Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Acculturation