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Miao Li; Shuai Zhang; Yuting Liu; Catherine Snow; Huan Zhang; Bing Han – Educational Psychology Review, 2025
Students with or at risk of reading difficulties (RD) benefit from accurate early identification and intervention. Previous research has employed various decoding measures to screen students for RD, but the criteria for identification have been inconsistent. Assessing students with RD is especially challenging in English Language Learners (ELLs),…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Identification, Reading Difficulties, English
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Valeria Ortiz-Villalobos; Ioulia Kovelman; Teresa Satterfield – Reading Research Quarterly, 2025
This study examines the development of reading comprehension (RC) in Spanish heritage language (HL) learners in the Midwest United States. While extensive research exists on RC in monolingual English-speaking populations, applying reading science models such as the Simple View of Reading (SVR) in HL or bilingual contexts remains under-researched.…
Descriptors: Reading Research, Reading Comprehension, Spanish, Native Language
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Matthieu Bignon; Sandrine Mejias; Séverine Casalis – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2025
Purpose: Most studies about reading development in second-language learners have been carried out on children exposed to the second language from kindergarten. They have shown that decoding skills develop in a similar way to those of monolingual children. We wondered whether this holds for primary school newcomer non-native-speaking children. This…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Skill Development, Reading Skills, French
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Adhimas Wahyu Agung Wijaya; Ayu Siantoro; Hermawati Triwibowo; Ria Arista Asih; Marthen Sattu Sambo; Melliana Layuk – Issues in Educational Research, 2025
Papua has the lowest literacy rate compared to other Indonesian provinces due to its limited education access. Exacerbated by teachers' absenteeism and lack of available reading resources, improving literacy in Papua is challenging to address. Our study aims to improve students' literacy through school literacy programs. A quantitative approach…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Early Childhood Education, Rural Areas
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Richard Sparks; Abdullah Alamer; Philip Dale – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2025
This study examined the long-term effect of L1 reading achievement on L2 reading achievement while assessing the mediating roles of L1 print exposure and L2 aptitude measured by the Modern Language Aptitude Test (MLAT). Structural equation modeling was used to determine the direct and indirect effects of L1 reading achievement on L2 reading…
Descriptors: Native Language, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Language Aptitude
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Tanya R. Beelders; Angela E. Stott – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2025
Background: South African township learners are known to perform poorly in international tests, including reading and science. Language is a complicating variable as English, the learners' second language (L2), is generally the language of learning and teaching, including for reading science texts. Aim: The study's objectives were to determine the…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Eye Movements, Native Language, African Languages