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Swasey Washington, Patricia; Iglesias, Aquiles – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2015
Young monolingual children typically demonstrate frequent tense shifting during narrative development, whereas older children maintain a consistent narration tense. Therefore, inconsistent tense usage in older children could be an indication of overall limited language skills. However, information regarding tense use in bilinguals has been…
Descriptors: Spanish Speaking, English Language Learners, Morphemes, Kindergarten
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Bingham, Gary E.; Hall-Kenyon, Kendra M.; Culatta, Barbara – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2010
This study examined the effect of explicit and engaging supplemental early literacy instruction on at-risk kindergarten children's literacy development. Sixty-three kindergarten-aged children who had been ranked in the lowest 20th percentile on basic literacy skills participated in this study (38 treatment). Results reveal that children who…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Emergent Literacy, Supplementary Education, Tutoring
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Saenz, Terry Irvine; Felix, Denise M. – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2007
This study surveyed the literacy practices of 45 English-speaking parents of Latino kindergarten through second graders using English questionnaires. The results of the survey were similar in many respects to other studies of English-speaking Latinos and unlike studies of Spanish-speaking Latinos. Respondents reported numbers of children's books…
Descriptors: Reading Aloud to Others, Reading Instruction, Emergent Literacy, Grade 2