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Metsala, Jamie L.; Sparks, Erin; David, Margaret; Conrad, Nicole; Deacon, S. Hélène – Journal of Research in Reading, 2021
Educators and researchers agree that oral language is fundamental to students' reading acquisition. It is not clear how best to conceptualise oral language within models of reading -- as one's overall understanding of spoken language, or as individual skills, each with unique contributions to children's reading comprehension. In our longitudinal…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Reading Comprehension, Listening Comprehension, Language Skills
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Albudoor, Nahar; Peña, Elizabeth D. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022
Purpose: The differential diagnosis of developmental language disorder (DLD) in bilingual children represents a unique challenge due to their distributed language exposure and knowledge. The current evidence indicates that dual-language testing yields the most accurate classification of DLD among bilinguals, but there are limited personnel and…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Bilingualism, Clinical Diagnosis, Language Tests
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Foorman, Barbara R.; Herrera, Sarah; Petscher, Yaacov; Mitchell, Alison; Truckenmiller, Adrea – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2015
This study examined the structure of oral language and reading and their relation to comprehension from a latent variable modeling perspective in Kindergarten, Grade 1, and Grade 2. Participants were students in Kindergarten (n = 218), Grade 1 (n = 372), and Grade 2 (n = 273), attending Title 1 schools. Students were administered phonological…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Oral Reading, Correlation, Reading Comprehension
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van Wyk, Jacolynn; Mostert, Maria Louise – Cogent Education, 2016
This study investigated the effect of mother tongue instruction and gender on second language acquisition using a causal-comparative quantitative research design. The two distinguishing groups compared were (i) learners that were taught in their mother tongue (Afrikaans) and (ii) learners that were not taught in their mother tongue but in English,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language of Instruction, Gender Differences, Second Language Learning
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Ho, Connie Suk-Han; Wong, Yau-Kai; Yeung, Pui-Sze; Chan, David Wai-ock; Chung, Kevin Kien-Hoa; Lo, Sau-Ching; Luan, Hui – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2012
The present study aimed at identifying core components of reading instruction in Chinese within the framework of the tiered intervention model. A curriculum with four teaching components of cognitive-linguistic skills was implemented in a Program school for 3 years since Grade 1. The findings showed that the Tier 1 intervention was effective in…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Intervention, Linguistics, Oral Language
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Craig, Holly K.; Washington, Julie A.; Thompson, Connie A. – American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2005
Reference profiles for characterizing the language abilities of elementary-grade African American students are important for assessment and instructional planning. H. K. Craig and J. A. Washington (2002) reported performance for 100 typically developing preschoolers and kindergartners on 5 traditional language measures: mean length of…
Descriptors: African American Students, Elementary School Students, Oral Language, Vocabulary Skills