Effective early literacy skill development for young spanish-speaking english language learners: An experimental study of two methods

Child Development

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 703-719

  Farver, Jo Ann M ^a,d   Lonigan, Christopher J ^b   Eppe, Stefanie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Para Los Ninos   (United States)

^d SGM 501 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPEECH THERAPY; UNITED STATES;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE THERAPY; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM;

EID: 66149185676     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01292.x     Document Type: Article

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