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Regression models for estimating leaf area of seedlings and adult individuals of Neotropical rainforest tree species
âRapunzel, Rapunzel, Lanza Tu Peloâ: Storytelling in a Transcultural, Translanguaging Dialogic Exchange
In this study, we examined story circles to understand how the smallâgroup activity supports and shapes the storytelling of young students in multicultural, multilingual preschool classrooms. Through a representative example, we show how language development unfolds in the context of a transcultural and translanguaging dialogic exchange of stories. We describe features of increasing linguistic complexity present in studentsâ storytelling as they established affinityâaffirming connections over ideas, shared ways of languaging, and shared ways of storytelling. By examining changes in one studentâs storytelling in the context of a mixedâlanguage story circle group, we offer insights into both language development and features of the language ecology in which such changes are supported