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Katherine Ann Blodgett – ProQuest LLC, 2023
In the U.S., the EL student population in public schools continues to grow and it raises the question on how to effectively instruct and prepare these students to achieve academic proficiency. The purpose of this quantitative study is to determine if and to what extent there is a quantitative link between gains from 2nd to 3rd grade where the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4
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Kevin Chan; Pui-sze Yeung; Kevin Kien Hoa Chung – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2025
Foreign language anxiety has influenced reading achievement in English as a second language learning (ESL). However, less is known about how foreign language anxiety affects Chinese students learning English as L2 and the interplay between foreign language anxiety and cognitive-linguistic factors on L2 reading performance. This longitudinal study…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Anxiety, Word Recognition, English (Second Language)
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Paola Palladino; Eugenio Trotta; Aurora Bonvino; Leonardo Carlucci; Milvia Cottini – Metacognition and Learning, 2025
Recent investigations have suggested that both metacognition and emotions play important roles in second language (L2) learning. However, the majority of these studies focused on negative emotions, such as anxiety, or considered high school or university students, neglecting primary school age students, which is frequently the starting period in…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes
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Krenca, Klaudia; Cain, Kate; Marinova-Todd, Stefka; Chen, Xi – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2023
Purpose: This study investigated the extent to which comprehension monitoring in children's first and second language predicts reading comprehension. Method: Children's ability to detect inconsistencies in orally presented stories was measured by response to a judgment question about whether the story made sense and by the identification of the…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Progress Monitoring, French, Second Language Learning
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Annette Lohbeck – Intercultural Education, 2024
By focusing on 179 elementary school children, the present cross-sectional questionnaire study aimed to examine gender and immigrant-native differences in competence and affect self-concepts as well as academic achievement and the relations of those two self-concept components to academic achievement in the domains of mathematics and German.…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Gender Differences, Self Concept, Mathematics Achievement
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Edelman, Emily R.; Amirazizi, Samira A.; Feinberg, Daniel K.; Quirk, Matthew; Scheller, Jennifer; Pagán, Carlos R.; Persoon, Jamie – TESOL Journal, 2022
This article reports on a longitudinal, quasi-experimental comparison of two English language development (ELD) models implemented from kindergarten through Grade 3 to support oral English language development among Spanish-speaking English language learners (ELLs). Specifically, the study examined oral English language proficiency among students…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Grade 2, Grade 3, English (Second Language)
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Anne Barwasser; Kerstin Nobel; Matthias Grünke – Insights into Learning Disabilities, 2024
The increasing number of students who lack proficient reading skills is well known in Germany, as well as globally. Students with learning disabilities (LD), problem behavior, and German as a second language (L2) may face even greater hurdles. However, it is essential for teachers to provide adequate support to maintain equal educational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Skills, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities
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Kirsten J. Truman; Ethan R. Van Norman; David A. Klingbeil; Madeline C. Schmitt; Peter M. Nelson; David C. Parker – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2024
Relatively little is known regarding post-intervention reading fluency outcomes for English learners (ELs) in comparison with non-EL peers, yet educators must be prepared to sustain growth for all students transitioning to less-intensive tiers of support. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether EL status moderated post-intervention…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Second Language Learning, Oral Reading, Reading Fluency
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Yastibas, Ahmet Erdost – International Online Journal of Primary Education, 2021
Peace education is a significant aspect of education as it aims to teach individuals to deal with violence and conflicts in a peaceful way. A literature review indicated that peace education can be integrated into English language teaching (ELT) and learned by students while they study English in middle and high schools and at universities, but…
Descriptors: Peace, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, English Language Learners
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Kelly A. Long; Tracy N. Bowles – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2024
Background: The Progress in International Reading and Literacy 2021 results draw stark attention to an ongoing crisis in primary education in South Africa. Research attempting to understand and address continued underperformance has focused on literacy learning and teaching in schools where the language of learning and teaching (LOLT) is the same…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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H. Lee Swanson; Genesis D. Arizmendi; Jui-Teng Li – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2024
This cohort-sequential study explored the working memory (WM) structures that underlie growth in mathematical word problem solving (WPS) performance in elementary school emergent bilingual children whose first language (L1) is Spanish. To this end, children (N = 429) in Grades 1, 2, and 3 in southwest U.S. school districts at Wave 1 were…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Problem Solving, Word Problems (Mathematics), Elementary School Students
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Sinéad Nic Aindriú; Pádraig Ó Duibhir; Joe Travers – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2024
Additive bilingualism has long been reported as a benefit of immersion education. Nevertheless, the suitability of this form of education and bilingualism for children with special educational needs (SEN) has been much debated. Recent studies show that children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), specific speech and language disorder (SSLD), and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Schools, Irish, Grade 2
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Chung, Sheila Cira; Koh, PohWee; Chen, Xi; Deacon, S. Hélène – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2023
Orthographic knowledge is predicted to be central in the process of children's reading development. We examined both the temporal order between orthographic knowledge and each of word reading and word spelling--effectively, which predicts which by including autoregressive controls--and cross-linguistic transfer between English and French for our…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Grade 2, Bilingual Students
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Baoqi Sun; Beth Ann O'Brien – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2025
This study examines the intricate relationships between home language use, oral language skills (phonological awareness, morphological awareness, and receptive vocabulary), and literacy skills (word reading and spelling) in English and Chinese among young bilinguals. The sample includes 249 first-grade and 263 third-grade bilingual students in…
Descriptors: Native Language, Language Usage, Grade 1, Grade 2
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MacKay, Elizabeth; Chen, Xi; Deacon, S. Hélène – Annals of Dyslexia, 2023
In Canada, approximately 12% of school-aged children are enrolled in French Immersion (FI), with some provinces estimating close to 30%. FI programs are intended to produce bilingual individuals who can functionally communicate in both of Canada's official languages. Yet, we are currently underinformed as to how to identify children with French…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immersion Programs, French, Reading Difficulties
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