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Deng, Qinli; Choi, William; Tong, Xiuli – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2019
This study examined the roles of first-language (L1) Chinese and second-language (L2) English phonological skills in English and Chinese reading comprehension, respectively, and their association with reading comprehension difficulties among Hong Kong Chinese-English bilingual children. We tested 258 second graders on nonverbal intelligence,…
Descriptors: Native Language, Second Language Learning, Reading Comprehension, English (Second Language)
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Mesa, Carol; Yeomans-Maldonado, Gloria – Grantee Submission, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of the current study was to examine the role that the first language (L1), Spanish, at Pre-Kindergarten plays in predicting second language (L2), English, word reading in first grade. In addition, it examines the role of conceptual vocabulary in predicting word reading in English. Method: As part of a longitudinal study of…
Descriptors: Spanish, Native Language, Preschool Education, Language Role
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Zadeh, Zohreh Yaghoub; Im-Bolter, Nancie; Cohen, Nancy J. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2007
The present study integrates findings from three lines of research on the association of social cognition and externalizing psychopathology, language and externalizing psychopathology, and social cognition and language functioning using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). To date these associations have been examined in pairs. A sample of 354…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Memory, Intervention, Structural Equation Models