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Cheatham, Gregory A.; Jimenez-Silva, Margarita; Park, Hyejin – Early Child Development and Care, 2015
With the increasing numbers of dual language learners (DLLs) in early childhood programmes, the use of research-based and effective pedagogical strategies to support oral language learning is important. Early childhood classrooms can provide many opportunities to support language learning. Teacher feedback is an intentional teaching strategy to…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism
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Cheatham, Gregory A.; Ro, Yeonsun Ellie – Early Child Development and Care, 2011
In this article, we take a linguistic perspective to support effective communication between early educators and parents who speak English as a second language and may have limited English proficiency. Positive communication and partnerships are recognised as important for the education of young children. Because early educators may be unaware of…
Descriptors: Phonology, Syntax, Morphology (Languages), Language Processing