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Annemarie Murphy; Joanne Arciuli – Journal of Research in Reading, 2024
Background: Digital literacy instruction is increasingly common in contemporary practices and can accommodate learners with a range of needs. This systematic review explores the use and effects of technology during reading comprehension instruction involving school-aged children learning English as an additional language (EAL). Our aim was to…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English for Academic Purposes
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Hilte, Maartje; Reitsma, Pieter – Journal of Research in Reading, 2011
The present study examines the effect of activating the connection between meaning and phonology in spelling exercises in second-grade spellers (n=41; 8 years and 3 months). In computer-based exercises in a within-subject design, semantic and neutral descriptions were contrasted and provided either before the process of spelling or in feedback.…
Descriptors: Spelling, Phonology, Semantics, Spelling Instruction
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Wild, Mary – Journal of Research in Reading, 2009
The paper reports the results of a randomised control trial investigating the use of computer-aided instruction (CAI) for practising phonological awareness skills with beginning readers. Two intervention groups followed the same phonological awareness programme: one group undertook practice exercises using a computer and the other group undertook…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Phonology, Computer Assisted Instruction, Phonological Awareness
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Bishop, Dorothy; Adams, Caroline; Lehtonen, Annukka; Rosen, Stuart – Journal of Research in Reading, 2005
This study evaluated a computerised program for training spelling in 8- to 13-year-olds with receptive language impairments. The training program involved children typing words corresponding to pictured items whose names were spoken. If the child made an error or requested help, the program gave phonological and orthographic cues to build up the…
Descriptors: Training, Cues, Spelling, Receptive Language