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    INTERACTIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS

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    Sullivan, Brittany
    Abstract
    The presence of the English Language Learner (ELL) population is ever-increasing in our Kindergarten-Grade 12 sector. With this influx of students who may need specialized attention, it is essential for educators and teacher education programs alike to focus on preparation for serving such a population. While research depicts a lack of training, it also elicits an assumed responsibility to successfully educate these students. The aims of this study are to: 1) examine relationships between native-English speaking kindergarten teachers and ELL and Non-ELL children within their own classroom and 2) examine if native-English speaking kindergarten teachers differ in their interactions with ELL and Non-ELL children within their own classrooms. Through theoretical application of Vygotsky's Sociocultural Theory and Bronfrenbrenner's Ecological Systems theory, classrooms in Eastern North Carolina were surveyed, using a demographics survey and the Student Teacher Relationship Scale (STRS), and observed, using the Emerging Academics Snapshot, EAS, to determine the process quality of each classroom and the relationships that teachers maintain with their ELL students. Analysis found that differences in teachers' relationships with ELL and Non-ELL students did exist; however, parameters of interaction were not significantly different. The implications of this study for the field of education and suggestions for future research are also highlighted.  
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10342/1783
    Subject
     English as a second language; Elementary education; Early childhood education; ELL; Interactions; Non-ELL; Relationships; Teachers 
    Date
    2013
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    Sullivan, Brittany. (January 2013). INTERACTIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS (Master's Thesis, East Carolina University). Retrieved from the Scholarship. (http://hdl.handle.net/10342/1783.)

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    Sullivan, Brittany. INTERACTIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS. Master's Thesis. East Carolina University, January 2013. The Scholarship. http://hdl.handle.net/10342/1783. March 07, 2021.
    Chicago:
    Sullivan, Brittany, “INTERACTIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS” (Master's Thesis., East Carolina University, January 2013).
    AMA:
    Sullivan, Brittany. INTERACTIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS [Master's Thesis]. Greenville, NC: East Carolina University; January 2013.
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    East Carolina University

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