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Svenja Gusewski; Raúl Rojas – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2024
Purpose: This longitudinal study investigated the trajectory of Spanish article accuracy in Spanish-English dual language learners (DLLs) from preschool to first grade, addressing the need for longitudinal data on the variability of Spanish grammatical skills in DLLs in English immersion classrooms. Method: Language sample analysis was conducted…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Grammar, Spanish, English (Second Language)
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Eslick, Casey J.; le Roux, Mia; Geertsema, Salome; Pottas, Lidia – Reading & Writing: Journal of the Reading Association of South Africa, 2020
Background: Literacy achievement of learners is a concern in many developing countries, particularly for English second language (EL2) learners with inadequate language development. It is important to investigate foundational phonological awareness (PA), as well as speech perception skills to guide the development of effective intervention for EL2…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Phonological Awareness, Auditory Perception, Speech Communication
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Wofford, Mary Claire; Cano, Jessica; Goodrich, J. Marc; Fitton, Lisa – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2022
Purpose: This study examined performance of dual language learners (DLLs) on Spanish- and English-language narrative story retells and unique tells. Transcription and analysis focused on comparisons of common microstructural language sample measures in Spanish and English across tasks. Each language sample measure was evaluated for its possible…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Spanish, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Tiwery, Dian Sartin; Souisa, Threesje R. – International Journal of Language Education, 2019
As the important factors in EFL speaking classroom activities, building students' motivation and interaction in EFL speaking classroom should be designed in meaningful ways. Many studies reported various ways in minimizing the problems as well as proposed innovative ways in teaching speaking skill. One of the ways recommended by the researches is…
Descriptors: Class Activities, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Chen, Aleck Shih-wei – Second Language Research, 2021
This article reports a study examining whether foreign language (FL) word learning can be improved with reduction in cognitive load. Cognitive load theory has received substantial supports in various fields of learning but never in FL word learning. Due to the defined poverty in exposure to the FL, hence deprived cognitive pre-requisites for…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Vocabulary Development
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Bucknam, Jessica; Hood, Sally J. – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2021
This research describes language use by four first-grade students during mathematics and Language Arts instruction in a one-way 50/50 Mandarin immersion classroom. The urban public school was situated in the heart of an African-American community in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Participants were video- and audio-recorded…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Mandarin Chinese, Grammar, Vocabulary Development
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Ford, Karen L.; Cabell, Sonia Q.; Konold, Timothy R.; Invernizzi, Marcia; Gartland, Lauren B. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2013
This study explored heterogeneity in literacy development among 2,300 Hispanic children receiving English as a Second Language (ESL) services at the start of kindergarten. Two research questions guided this work: (1) Do Spanish-speaking English language learners receiving ESL services in the fall of kindergarten demonstrate homogeneous early…
Descriptors: Profiles, Phonetics, Alphabets, Spelling
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Nelson, J. Ron; Vadasy, Patricia F.; Sanders, Elizabeth A. – Journal of Literacy Research, 2011
The purpose of this study was to test the efficacy of a Tier 2 standard protocol supplemental intervention designed simultaneously to develop root word vocabulary and reinforce decoding skills being taught to all students in the core beginning reading program with kindergarten Spanish-speaking English learners (ELs). Participating students were…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Speech Communication, Intervention, Beginning Reading
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Kim, Young-Suk – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
We investigated the relations of L2 (i.e., English) oral reading fluency, silent reading fluency, word reading automaticity, oral language skills, and L1 literacy skills (i.e., Spanish) to L2 reading comprehension for Spanish-speaking English language learners in the first grade (N = 150). An analysis was conducted for the entire sample as well as…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Literacy, Speech Communication, Second Language Learning
Russakoff, Dale – Foundation for Child Development, 2011
In 1974, the United States Supreme Court ruled in "Lau v. Nichols" that 1,800 Chinese-speaking children in the San Francisco public schools were entitled to English-language instruction or other support to help them understand what was happening in their classrooms. Thirty-six years later, state and local responsibilities to public…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap, English (Second Language), Speech Communication
Duran, Elva – Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, Ltd, 2012
Students whose first language is not English are the fastest-growing group in public schools in all regions of the United States. Almost 10 million children between the ages of five and 17 live in the homes and communities in which a language other than English in spoken and presently most schools in the U.S. are under-educating many English…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Academic Discourse, Public Schools, Speech Communication
Alberta Education, 2007
Young people entering post-secondary institutions or seeking employment generally require senior high school diplomas. There are few jobs available that do not require advanced levels of many kinds of literacy and most employers will consider only those applicants who have completed senior high school, even for entry-level positions. When English…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, High Schools, Speech Communication, Second Languages