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Linan-Thompson, Sylvia; Degollado, Enrique David; Ingram, Mitchell Dean – TESOL Journal, 2018
The extant research literature on emergent bilingual spelling focuses on developmental patterns and the interference of first language with second language. The purpose of this article is to provide teachers with an alternate view of emergent bilingual spelling in an effort to influence spelling instruction in the classroom. Writing samples…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Spelling, Error Patterns, Spanish
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Bear, Donald R.; von Gillern, Sam; Xu, Wei – TESOL International Journal, 2018
This study investigates the English spelling of students in grades 2 through 8 in Mainland China. A review of spelling and cross-linguistic research in spelling is presented. The orthographic development of 273 students was assessed "with validated spelling inventories" (Sterbinsky, 2007) to sample developmental features across three…
Descriptors: Spelling, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Literacy Education
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Steenbeek-Planting, Esther G.; van Bon, Wim H. J.; Schreuder, Robert – Learning and Instruction, 2013
We examined the instability of reading errors, that is whether a child reads the same word sometimes correctly and sometimes incorrectly, as a function of the complexity of context-sensitive spelling rules (vowel degemination and consonant gemination). Dutch bisyllabic words were read twice by typical readers in Grades 2 and 3, and reading-level…
Descriptors: Spelling, Vowels, Reading Difficulties, Word Frequency