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Direct linkAugust, Diane; Carlo, Maria; Dressler, Cheryl; Snow, Catherine – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 2005
English language learners (ELLs) who experience slow vocabulary development are less able to comprehend text at grade level than their English-only peers. Such students are likely to perform poorly on assessments in these areas and are at risk of being diagnosed as learning disabled. In this article, we review the research on methods to develop…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Vocabulary Development
Gerber, Michael; Jimenez, Terese; Leafstedt, Jill; Villaruz, Jessica; Richards, Catherine; English, Judy – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 2004
In this article we report small, but statistically significant, effects of brief supplemental instruction on English reading by Spanish-speaking kindergartners (N=37) who performed poorly on a bilingual battery of phonological-processing tasks. Intervention design was compatible with the Reading First initiative and with research on use of…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Intervention, Supplementary Education
