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Alonso-Cortés-Fradejas, M. Dolores; López-Aguado, Mercedes; Llamazares-Prieto, M. Teresa – Journal for the Study of Education and Development, 2021
The purpose of this study is to analyse how vocabulary depth develops in the early years of primary school and to ascertain the effect it has on the quality of the texts produced by the students. A total of 332 Spanish students from the first to fourth grades participated by doing a synonyms/antonyms task to evaluate their vocabulary depth, along…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Elementary School Students, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes
Ding, Wenjun; Yu, Guoxing – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2023
This paper examined to what extent causal explanation speaking tasks (CESTs) are cognitively appropriate for assessing young language learners' (YLLs) L2 speaking. Ninety-six YLLs (48 from Grade 4 and 6 each) in China performed two CESTs in both L1 (Chinese) and L2 (English). They also completed receptive and productive L2 vocabulary size tests.…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Language Tests, Vocabulary Development, Native Language
Coppens, Karien M.; Tellings, Agnes; Verhoeven, Ludo; Schreuder, Robert – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2013
Purpose: To address the problem of low reading comprehension scores among children with hearing impairment, it is necessary to have a better understanding of their reading vocabulary. In this study, the authors investigated whether task and word type differentiate the reading vocabulary knowledge of children with and without severe hearing loss.…
Descriptors: Hearing Impairments, Comparative Analysis, Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties
Crosson, Amy C.; Matsumura, Lindsay Clare; Correnti, Richard; Arlotta-Guerrero, Anna – Elementary School Journal, 2012
This study investigates the quality of the writing tasks assigned to native Spanish speakers in bilingual (Spanish-English) contexts, and the relationship between task quality and students' use of an academic register in their native language. Fifty-six language arts tasks were collected from 26 grade 4 and 5 teachers, and four student writing…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Grade 4, Grade 5, Elementary School Students