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Lileana Rios-Ledezma – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The purpose of this mixed methods study was to examine the impact of a literacy-infused, inquiry-based science curriculum on English learners' (ELs') English oral language expressive skills as measured by the Woodcock Munoz Survey-Revised subtests: Picture Vocabulary and Verbal Analogies (Woodcock-Munoz-Sandoval, Ruef, & Alvarado, 2005). In…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Inquiry, Science Curriculum, English Language Learners
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Pretorius, Elizabeth J.; Stoffelsma, Lieke – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2017
In this article, we report on a study that examined the active and receptive English vocabulary of two different groups of Grade 3 learners in South African township schools. The groups consisted of English Home Language (HL) learners in the Western Cape and Xhosa HL and English First Additional Language (FAL) learners in the Eastern Cape. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocabulary Development, Receptive Language, Expressive Language
Boyce, Lisa K.; Gillam, Sandra L.; Innocenti, Mark S.; Cook, Gina A.; Ortiz, Eduardo – First Language, 2013
The purpose of the study was to evaluate the language status of 120 young, Latino dual language learners living in poverty in the United States. Maternal language input and home language and literacy environments were examined with regard to language development at 24 and 36 months. Results suggested that even when combining English and Spanish…
Descriptors: Linguistic Input, Spanish, Literacy, Poverty