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Cirino, Paul T.; Pollard-Durodola, Sharolyn D.; Foorman, Barbara R.; Carlson, Coleen D.; Francis, David J. – Elementary School Journal, 2007
This study investigated the relation of teacher characteristics, including ratings of teacher quality, to classroom instructional variables and to bilingual students' literacy and oral language outcomes at the end of the kindergarten year. Teacher characteristics included observational measures of oral language proficiency, quality, and classroom…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Language of Instruction, Kindergarten, Young Children
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Saunders, William M.; Foorman, Barbara R.; Carlson, Coleen D. – Elementary School Journal, 2006
The issue of whether to separate English language development (ELD) into a separate instructional block or whether to integrate it with reading/language arts instruction is an unanswered question with theoretical and practical implications. We addressed this question by observing instruction across the year in 85 kindergarten classrooms that…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Kindergarten, Oral Language, Language Proficiency