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ERIC Number: EJ422982
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4685
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The Initial Learning of Novel English Words: Two Single-Subject Experiments with Minority-Language Children.
Kiernan, Barbara; Swisher, Linda
Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, v33 n4 p707-16 Dec 1990
These two single-subject, alternating treatment design experiments with a total of seven young children (Navajo speaking and Spanish speaking) found that receptive learning of novel words in a second language reaches a preestablished criterion in fewer trials under a bilingual compared with a monolingual condition. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Early Childhood Education, English (Second Language), Ethnic Groups, Instructional Effectiveness, Language of Instruction, Limited English Speaking, Receptive Language, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods, Vocabulary Development
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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