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Hipfner-Boucher, Kathleen; Pasquarella, Adrian; Chen, Xi; Deacon, S. Hélène – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2016
Cognate awareness is the ability to recognize the cognate relationship between words in two etymologically related languages. The current study examined the development of cognate awareness and its contribution to French (second language) reading comprehension among Canadian French immersion children. Eighty-one students were tested at the end of…
Descriptors: French, Immersion Programs, Grade 2, Elementary School Students
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Paradis, Johanne; Schneider, Phyllis; Duncan, Tamara Sorenson – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2013
Purpose: In this study, the authors sought to determine whether a combination of English-language measures and a parent questionnaire on first-language development could adequately discriminate between English-language learners (ELLs) with and without language impairment (LI) when children had diverse first-language backgrounds. Method:…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Luinge, Margreet R.; Post, Wendy J.; Wit, Hero P.; Goorhuis-Brouwer, Sieneke M. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2006
Purpose: To scale language milestones in a group of 527 children to provide an instrument for screening language development. Procedure: The questionnaire regarding these milestones was completed by parental report. It was evaluated whether the scaled milestones satisfied the assumptions of the Mokken item response model. Results: The scalability…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Test Reliability, Measures (Individuals)