Influences of teacher-child social interactions on english language development in a head start classroom

Early Childhood Education Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 187-193

  Piker, Ruth Alfaro ^a   Rex, Lesley A ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Early childhood education; English as a second language; Preschool children; Social context; Spanish speaking children; Teacher child interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 56749155300     PISSN: 10823301     EISSN: 15731707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10643-008-0267-y     Document Type: Article

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