{"id":52,"date":"2016-08-09T21:36:34","date_gmt":"2016-08-09T21:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/readlab\/?p=52"},"modified":"2016-08-09T21:38:06","modified_gmt":"2016-08-09T21:38:06","slug":"new-story-book-study-launched-for-dual-language-learners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/readlab\/2016\/08\/09\/new-story-book-study-launched-for-dual-language-learners\/","title":{"rendered":"new story book study launched for dual-language learners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After many months preparing, the Read Lab has just launched the second half of our story book project for dual-language learners! Last year, with the imaginative, hard-working and phenomenal alumnae Bianca Zardetto and Anisha Agarwal, we finished a version of this study that looked at how beginner Spanish learners pick up\u00a0new vocabulary differently from books written all in Spanish vs. code-switching books that just pepper in the Spanish words. We won&#8217;t give away the findings here just yet, but they were pretty remarkable \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>Now we&#8217;re finally ready with four new books \u00a0to test beginner\u00a0<em>English<\/em> learners in the same way. With our newest student researcher, Jessica Jara, doing both the outreach and reading, the study launched today at Hillview Library in San Jose.<\/p>\n<p>In a few weeks we should have some findings that we can share, so stay tuned. And, in the meantime if you have or know a 2- to 5-year-old Spanish speaker who would like to hear a couple new animal stories, let us know!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_53\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-53 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/readlab\/files\/2016\/08\/IMG_2502-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2502\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/readlab\/files\/2016\/08\/IMG_2502-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/readlab\/files\/2016\/08\/IMG_2502-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-53\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anisha and Bianca reading at the 2015 Ed Fair<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After many months preparing, the Read Lab has just launched the second half of our story book project for dual-language learners! 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