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Ruiz-Funes, Marcela T. – Foreign Language Annals, 2020
This study reports on a small-scale, longitudinal investigation on L2 Spanish oral development by English-home language (EHL) learners in an English/Spanish Two-Way Immersion (TWI) program in rural, eastern United States. It examined EHL learners' oral ability in L2 Spanish based on longitudinal assessment data from Kindergarten, Grade 2, and…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Spanish, Native Language, Second Language Learning
Rojas, Raúl; Hiebert, Lindsey; Gusewski, Svenja; Francis, David J. – Grantee Submission, 2019
This study investigated early indicators of Spanish-speaking English learners (ELs) at risk for reading difficulties at the end of Grade 2 by examining their early bilingual oral language development, taking into account language of academic instruction. Standardized measures of reading and narrative samples were collected in English and Spanish…
Descriptors: Spanish Speaking, Educational Indicators, Bilingualism, Oral Language
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Rojas, Raúl; Hiebert, Lindsey; Gusewski, Svenja; Francis, David J. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2019
This study investigated early indicators of Spanish-speaking English learners (ELs) at risk for reading difficulties at the end of Grade 2 by examining their early bilingual oral language development, taking into account language of academic instruction. Standardized measures of reading and narrative samples were collected in English and Spanish…
Descriptors: Spanish Speaking, Educational Indicators, Bilingualism, Oral Language
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Gamez, Perla B.; Levine, Susan C. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2013
This study examined the relation between young English language learners' (ELL) native oral language skills and their language input in transitional bilingual education kindergarten classrooms. Spanish-speaking ELLs' ("n" = 101) Spanish expressive language skills were assessed using the memory for sentences and picture vocabulary…
Descriptors: Spanish Speaking, English Language Learners, Linguistic Input, Oral Language
Walter, Nancy – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Students entering school with little knowledge of English do not have the foundation in place to develop reading skills. This lack of foundation puts English Learners at a disadvantage that they struggle to overcome. The purpose of the quantitative study was twofold: (a) to determine whether measures of phonemic awareness are predictive of end of…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Intervention, Early Reading, Phonology
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Lipka, Orly; Siegel, Linda S. – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2007
One goal of this longitudinal study was to examine whether the predictors of reading skills in Grade 3 would differ between English as a second language (ESL) students and native English-speaking (L1) students. Phonological processing, syntactic awareness, memory, spelling, word reading, and lexical access skills were assessed in kindergarten and…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Phonemes, Memory, Kindergarten
TESOL International Association, 2006
Using TESOL's 1997 landmark publication, ESL Standards for Pre-K-12 as a building block, the new 2006 PreK-12 English Language Proficiency Standards expands the scope and breadth of ESL content standards: (1) Connects language to the specific core curriculum content areas of English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies; (2)…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency