What Is a Language-Rich Classroom Environment?
A language-rich class- room environment is one in which chil- dren are exposed deliberately and recur- rently to high-quality verbal input among peers and adults and in which adult-child verbal interactions are char- acterized by high levels of adult respon- siveness.
The five key elements of this definition are in its explicit references to
(a) exposure, (b) deliberateness, (c) recurrence, (d) high-quality input, and (e) adult responsiveness.
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