Date of Award
2009
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Education
Department
Education
First Advisor
Flores, Barbara
Second Advisor
Murillo, Enrique
Abstract
The goal of this project was to explore bilingual kindergartener's emergent views about writing and their concepts of the functions of writing in a school setting context. This study focuses on the importance of not underestimating literacy knowledge or the intellect of English language learners. In this descriptive study, six bilingual kindergarten students, instructed in their primary language, Spanish, were asked to respond to several guided questions while and after viewing four videotaped sequences.
Recommended Citation
Pendleton, Trinidad, "Bilingual kindergarteners' emergent views about the functions of writing in the school context" (2009). Theses Digitization Project. 3655.
https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3655
