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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Parents' Discourses about Language Strategies for Their Children's Preschool Bilingual Development
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Schwartz, Mila; Moin, Victor; Leikin, Mark – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2011
The study focused on immigrant parents' discourses about strategies for their children's preschool bilingual development and education. The article investigated how immigrant parents described and explained these strategies. The study was based on semi-structured interviews with 4 families. The 8 parents were Russian-speaking immigrants to Israel…
Descriptors: Interviews, Monolingualism, Foreign Countries, Immigrants
Toward a Better Understanding of First Language Vocabulary Knowledge: The Case of Second-Generation Russian-Jewish Immigrants in Israel
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Schwartz, Mila; Kozminsky, Ely; Leikin, Mark – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2009
The objective of this study was to evaluate the first language (L1) vocabulary knowledge in a large-scale sample (n = 70) of second-generation Russian-Jewish immigrants in Israel. The interest in this research population follows from the unique demographic, sociocultural, linguistic, and psychological distinctiveness of RJ immigration in Israel.…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Jews, Foreign Countries, Vocabulary Development