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Direct linkLauren A. Tighe; Teresa Eckrich Sommer; Terri J. Sabol; P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale; Hirokazu Yoshikawa; Jeanne Brooks-Gunn; Amanda S. Morris; Christopher T. King – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2025
We present the 2-year experimental mixed-methods findings of a two-generation English as a second language (ESL) program. This program combines a high-dosage, child-oriented curriculum for parents with Head Start for children in addition to family-based supportive services. At baseline and after 2 years, 189 Latinx and Zomi immigrant parents…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Immigrants, Young Children, Parents
Teresa Eckrich Sommer; Lauren A. Tighe; Terri J. Sabol; Elise Chor; P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale; Hirokazu Yoshikawa; Jeanne Brooks-Gunn; Amanda S. Morris; Christopher T. King – Applied Developmental Science, 2024
We present results of a randomized control trial of a two-generation English as a Second Language (ESL) program in which all families participated in Head Start while treatment parents also enrolled in a high dosage, family-focused ESL curriculum with supportive services. Examining 197 parent-child dyads among Spanish- (89%) and Zomi-speaking…
Descriptors: Immigrants, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency
Download full textLi, Xuemei; Que, Hua – FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education, 2016
Faced with a labor shortage and low profile of diversity, the province of Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada has been making an effort to attract and retain newcomers. Guided by Bronfenbrenner's (1979) ecological systems theory, this qualitative study investigates the challenges faced by newcomer youth, including permanent residents coming as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Youth Opportunities, Migrants, Qualitative Research
Calderon, Margarita; Slavin, Robert; Sanchez, Marta – Future of Children, 2011
The fastest-growing student population in U.S. schools today is children of immigrants, half of whom do not speak English fluently and are thus labeled English learners. Although the federal government requires school districts to provide services to English learners, it offers states no policies to follow in identifying, assessing, placing, or…
Descriptors: Family Programs, Second Language Learning, Educational Change, English (Second Language)
Malerba, Cathy; Herrera, Angelica Ware – Online Submission, 2010
This report summarizes data on English language learners' academic achievement, English language acquisition, and other school data from 2005-2006 to 2008-2009 school years.
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, English (Second Language), Academic Achievement, Language Acquisition
Watt, David L. E. – 1992
This final evaluation of the 1991-92 program year of the Latin American literacy Project, designed to foster English language literacy in Spanish-speaking families in Canada, is intended as a formative report, American Literacy Project is intended as a formative report, assessing the changes in the students' language proficiency and the progress…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Children, English (Second Language), Family Programs
Montgomery, Joel R. – Online Submission, 2008
The purpose of this working paper is to review current literature on literacy programs for parents of English language learners (ELLs). The paper includes a summary of five literacy programs for ELL parents throughout the United States of America. Four of these were system-wide interventions affecting more than one school or classroom. Each…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Academic Achievement, Second Language Learning, Parent School Relationship
Terdy, Dennis; Bercovitz, Laura – 1989
The Home English Literacy for Parents (HELP) project and curriculum were developed and implemented in seven schools in the northwest suburban Chicago area. Project services were offered to parents of bilingual program students 5 hours per week at each site. The curriculum consists of two phases of instruction (English survival competencies and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Bilingual Students, Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques
