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Ju, Unhee; Cho, Eunsoo; Relyea, Jackie E.; Choi, Ina – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2023
This study examined the role of parents' early home language use in the English reading development of emergent bilinguals (N = 3,058) and how their relations are moderated by children's oral English language proficiency using longitudinal data from kindergarten to eighth grade (ages 6-15 years). Results from multi-group latent basis growth models…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Family Environment, Native Language, English (Second Language)
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Ye Shen; J. Marc Goodrich – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2024
Spanish-speaking students constitute the largest subgroup of emergent bilingual (EB) students in the United States. Using longitudinal data on a nationally representative sample of Spanish-English EBs, we explore profiles of English reading trajectories and how early individual differences (i.e., early Spanish reading and English oral proficiency)…
Descriptors: Transfer of Training, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Redford, Jeremy – National Center for Education Statistics, 2018
Providing English language instruction has important implications for millions of children nationwide. This Statistics in Brief first discusses differences in the student and school characteristics of kindergartners who participated in instructional programs designed to teach English language skills and students who did not participate in such…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Kindergarten, Student Participation
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Shen, Ye; Wang, Rui; Zhang, Fan; Barbieri, Christina Areizaga; Pasquarella, Adrian – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2022
The present study examined the effect of children's enrollment in U.S. dual-language immersion (DLI) programs in first grade on English development across five years, using the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2011 (ECLS-K:2011) database. Propensity score matching was used to create comparable groups of DLI and non-DLI…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Bilingual Education Programs, Reading Achievement, Elementary School Students
Reid, Tingting – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Previous research examining the reading achievement of immigrant children has often grouped English learners into one broad category, referred to as ELs, thereby creating an "either-or" dichotomy regarding whether or not these students need school language supports. The present study examined the theoretical contention regarding the…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Achievement Gains, Family Environment, Literacy Education
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Niehaus, Kate; Adelson, Jill L.; Sejuit, Aubrey; Zheng, Jiali – Applied Developmental Science, 2017
This study examined the extent to which socioemotional well-being mediated the relationship between language status and achievement, while exploring variability in this relationship based on informant (student versus teacher reports of socioemotional problems) and native language background (Spanish-speaking English language learners [ELLs] versus…
Descriptors: Native Language, Academic Achievement, Well Being, Children
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Niehaus, Kate; Adelson, Jill L. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2013
This study examined the measurement and interpretation of self-concept among the growing population of children who are English Language Learners (ELLs). More specifically, a 3-group analysis was conducted comparing native English-speaking children, Spanish-speaking ELLs, and ELLs from Asian language backgrounds. Data were drawn from the Early…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, English (Second Language), Speech Communication, Second Language Learning