Room For Talk: Peer Support for Getting into English in an ESL Kindergarten.

Fassler, Rebekah

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ERIC Number: EJ576102

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Publication Date: 1998

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Room For Talk: Peer Support for Getting into English in an ESL Kindergarten.

Fassler, Rebekah

Early Childhood Research Quarterly, v13 n3 p379-409 1998

Early childhood classrooms characterized by a predominance of second-language learners have emerged in unprecedented numbers. This article examines a model of peer collaboration to take into account how children's evolving social relationships served as an impetus for talk in English. Implications for research and practice are discussed. (Author)

Descriptors: English (Second Language), Interpersonal Relationship, Kindergarten, Kindergarten Children, Language Skill Attrition, Language Skills, Peer Groups, Peer Influence, Peer Relationship, Peer Teaching, Primary Education, Second Language Learning, Second Language Programs

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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