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ERIC Number: EJ756598
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Mar
Pages: 20
Abstractor: Author
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0013-5984
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Vocabulary Development of English-Language and English-Only Learners in Kindergarten
Silverman, Rebecca Deffes
Elementary School Journal, v107 n4 p365-384 Mar 2007
In this study I investigated the effectiveness of a kindergarten vocabulary intervention, developed based on previous research on characteristics of effective vocabulary intervention through storybook read-alouds, in 5 kindergarten classrooms. Among these classrooms were 3 mainstream, 1 two-way bilingual, and 1 structured immersion classroom. The classrooms served 44 English-only (EO) and 28 English-language-learning (ELL) children. Linear growth analyses investigated children's learning of taught words, as assessed by a researcher-designed vocabulary measure, and their overall growth in vocabulary knowledge, measured by the Test of Language Development Primary:3. Findings showed that ELLs learned target words at the same rate, and grew in general vocabulary at a faster rate, than EOs.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Test of Language Development
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