Dual language learners in the early childhood classroom
By: edited by Carollee Howes, Jason T. Downer, and Robert C. Pianta
Series: National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education series; National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education series
Publisher: Paul H. Brookes Pub. Co.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Baltimore, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9781598571820
Subjects: Early childhood education; Bilingualism in children; Language acquisition
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Describing the classroom experiences of dual language learners; title: Experiences of low-income dual language learning preschoolers in diverse early learning settings; title: The importance of sensitive measurement tools for understanding what instructional practices promote school readiness for dual language learners; title: Preschool classroom experiences of dual language learners : summary of findings from publicly funded programs in 11 states; title: The role of teacher-child relationships in Spanish-speaking dual language learners' language and literacy development in the early years; title: Describing the language and literacy practices in classrooms with dual language learners; title: The language interaction snapshot (LISn) : a new observational measure for assessing language interactions in linguistically diverse early childhood programs; title: Using the observation measures of language and literacy instruction (OMLIT) to characterize early literacy classrooms; title: focus on dual language learners; title: The classroom assessment of supports for emergent bilingual acquisition : psychometric properties and key initial findings from New Jersey's Abbott preschool program.