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Direct linkBarnes, Erica M.; Grifenhagen, Jill F.; Dickinson, David K. – Journal of Child Language, 2020
In this study we sought to identify profiles of talk during Head Start preschool mealtime conversations involving teachers and students. Videos of 44 Head Start classrooms' lunch interactions were analyzed for the ratio of teacher-child talk and amount of academic vocabulary, and then coded for instances of academic/food, social/personal, and…
Descriptors: Food, Preschool Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Preschool Teachers
Molloy, Grace; Murtagh, Lelia; McAvinue, Laura P. – Irish Educational Studies, 2016
Educational disadvantage remains a serious issue in Irish society. Research has suggested that differing styles and levels of competence in oral language may have implications for educational attainment across socio-economic groups. The current study involved an examination of the oral language competence of Irish children in Junior Infants in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Oral Language, Language Skills, Competence
