Educating dual language learners (DLLs) and English learners (ELs) effectively is a national
challenge with consequences both for individuals and for American society. Despite their …

Purpose The purpose of this systematic review was to determine what bilingual or home
language interventions have been found to be effective for 2-to 6-year-old dual language …

Children who are dual language learners (DLLs) often have more difficulty acquiring English
early literacy skills than their English monolingual peers. Much remains to be learned about …

The present study reports associations between features of directly observed classroom
processes and school readiness skills across the academic year for 1498 children enrolled …

Diversity is on the rise across the United States, where Dual Language Learners (DLLs)—
young children who have at least one parent who speaks a language other than English in …

An increase in the Dual Language Learner (DLL) population has led to a critical need for
early childhood educators to understand how to best serve DLL children and their families …

This chapter proposes a conceptual framework that merges intersectionality and policy
analysis as an analytical tool to understand the nuanced, multilayered, compounded …

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 …

Purpose The aim of this study was to investigate the appropriateness of standardized
assessments of expressive grammar and vocabulary in a sample of preschool-age dual …

Within a national sample of Spanish-English dual language learner (DLL) children enrolled
in Head Start, this study examined how classroom language context and emotional support …