TY - JOUR
T1 - Preschool teachers’ language and literacy practices with dual language learners
AU - Sawyer, Brook E.
AU - Hammer, Carol Scheffner
AU - Cycyk, Lauren M.
AU - López, Lisa
AU - Blair, Clancy
AU - Sandilos, Lia
AU - Komaroff, Eugene
N1 - Funding Information:
We gratefully acknowledge the support provided by NIH-NICHD Grant 5U01HD060296-05.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 the National Association for Bilingual Education.
PY - 2016/1/2
Y1 - 2016/1/2
N2 - The purposes of this study were to (a) examine the degree to which teachers used linguistically responsive practices to support the language and literacy development of Spanish-speaking Dual Language Learners (DLL) and (b) to investigate the associations between these practices and select teacher-level factors. The sample consisted of 72 preschool teachers. Observational data were collected on practices. Teachers self-reported on language and culture beliefs, Spanish-speaking ability, and classroom composition. Results indicated that teachers, including those who spoke Spanish, used few linguistically responsive practices to support preschool DLLs. Only Spanish-speaking ability was related to practices. Implications for targeted professional development are discussed.
AB - The purposes of this study were to (a) examine the degree to which teachers used linguistically responsive practices to support the language and literacy development of Spanish-speaking Dual Language Learners (DLL) and (b) to investigate the associations between these practices and select teacher-level factors. The sample consisted of 72 preschool teachers. Observational data were collected on practices. Teachers self-reported on language and culture beliefs, Spanish-speaking ability, and classroom composition. Results indicated that teachers, including those who spoke Spanish, used few linguistically responsive practices to support preschool DLLs. Only Spanish-speaking ability was related to practices. Implications for targeted professional development are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1080/15235882.2016.1138904
DO - 10.1080/15235882.2016.1138904
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84960434362
SN - 1523-5882
VL - 39
SP - 35
EP - 49
JO - Bilingual Research Journal
JF - Bilingual Research Journal
IS - 1
ER -