Early Childhood Pedagogy for English Language Learners

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Early Childhood Pedagogy for English Language
Learners
Archived Information

• Demographics 1/7 of Adult Population 26 of
  Head Start (22 Spanish, 4 Other) By 2030,
  25 of school-age population will be
  Hispanic 55 of Hispanics graduate from high
  school 75 of Blacks 86 of Whites

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Preschool Program Participation

• 3 year-olds 29 of Hispanics 45 of Whites50
  of Blacks
• 4 year-olds 50 Hispanics 66 of Whites73 of
  Blacks (NCES, 1996)
• When Spanish is home language--17 of 3
  year-olds 45 of 4 year-olds
• Quality of programs (FACES)

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Tyles of Programs for English Language Learners

• 1. First-language Classroom no explicit English
  development
• 2. Bilingual Classroom maintenance of L1 and
  development of English
• 3. English-language Classroom development of
  English-no maintenance of L1 (Tabors, 1997)

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Research on Program Benefits

• Carpenteria Preshool Program First-language
  classroom (Campos, 1995)
• Redwood City School District Preschool Bilingual
  Programs (Winsler, Diaz, Espinosa, Rodriguez,
  1999 Diaz, Rodriguez, Espinosa, 1995)
• Language Acquisition Project (Bunce, 1995 Rice
  Wilcox, 1990, 1995)

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What is the best language environment for
Preschool English language learners?

• Goals of the Program Additive or Subtractive?
• Cultural considerations
• School Context Variables
• Implications for EC Teacher Preparation

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