An english-speaking prekindergarten teacher for young latino children: Implications of the teacher-child relationship on second language learning

Early Childhood Education Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-54

  Gillanders, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; Case study; English as a second language; English language learners; Language learning; Latino children; Prekindergarten; Receptive vocabulary; Second language acquisition; Second language learning; Spanish; Teacher child relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547152338     PISSN: 10823301     EISSN: 15731707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10643-007-0163-x     Document Type: Article

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