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Direct linkSophie A. Booton; Prerna Menon; Maria Kyriacou; Victoria A. Murphy – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2025
While there is some evidence of a gap in English writing achievement between children with English as an additional language (EAL) compared to their monolingual English-speaking (EL1) peers, the source of this gap remains unclear. This study examines whether writing presents a specific challenge for children with EAL beyond their oral language and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Writing (Composition), Writing Skills
Bowyer-Crane, Claudine; Fricke, Silke; Schaefer, Blanca; Lervåg, Arne; Hulme, Charles – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2017
Many children learning English as an additional language (EAL) show reading comprehension difficulties despite adequate decoding. However, the relationship between early language and reading comprehension in this group is not fully understood. The language and literacy skills of 80 children learning English from diverse language backgrounds and 80…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Reading Comprehension
Burgoyne, Kelly; Duff, Fiona J.; Nielsen, Dea; Ulicheva, Anastasia; Snowling, Margaret J. – Language Learning, 2016
We present the case study of MB--a bilingual child with Down syndrome (DS) who speaks Russian (first language [L1]) and English (second language [L2]) and has learned to read in two different alphabets with different symbol systems. We demonstrate that, in terms of oral language, MB is as proficient in Russian as English, with a mild advantage for…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Literacy, Russian, Second Language Learning
