NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Publication Type
Reports - Descriptive17
Journal Articles12
Books2
Guides - Non-Classroom1
Tests/Questionnaires1
Laws, Policies, & Programs
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing 1 to 15 of 17 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Miao Li; Sarah Jerasa; Jan C. Frijters; Esther Geva – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2024
Phoneme discrimination is the ability to detect subtle similarities and differences between phonemes. Phoneme discrimination is a strong predictor of reading development and poor phoneme discrimination may predict reading disabilities (Lyytinen et al., 2004). The ability to discriminate phonemes may be an even more critical skill for Emergent…
Descriptors: Phonemes, Reading Difficulties, Students with Disabilities, Grade 1
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Ünal Gezer, Melike – International Online Journal of Education and Teaching, 2021
Determining later academic achievement, early literacy skills are all of the prerequisite knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for successful reading and writing during formal education. Early literacy skills consist of several sub-skills including phonology knowledge that determine primary-level reading. The present article is prepared for…
Descriptors: Singing, Educational Games, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Rose, Jennifer; Dias, Maria José A.; Atiles, Julia T. – Childhood Education, 2022
The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) states that building bridges between home and school benefits students' development. With online teaching, this translates into informal conversations before class starts or at the end of class as a teacher waits for a virtual classroom to fill up or empty out. Much of teaching…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Online Courses, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Tsakalidou, Sofia P. – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2022
The present article summarizes various aspects of teaching foreign languages to learners with dyslexia. In particular, although it is a matter examined broadly around the world, in Greece there are few references and limited research in this field. Furthermore, the lack of foreign language teachers' training in the field of specific learning…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Dyslexia, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Rubin, Daniel Ian – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2016
The process of learning to read is difficult for many children, and this is especially true for students with learning disabilities (LD). Reading in English becomes even more difficult when a student's home language is not English. For English language learner (ELL) students with LD, acquiring the necessary skills to read fluently is an even…
Descriptors: Oral Reading, Reading Fluency, English Language Learners, Learning Disabilities
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Winke, Paula – Modern Language Journal, 2013
In this study I examine the construct of aptitude in learning Chinese as a second language (L2) to an advanced level. I test 2 hypotheses: first, that L2 aptitude comprises 4 components--working memory, rote memory, grammatical sensitivity, and phonemic coding ability--and second, that L2 aptitude affects learning both directly and indirectly…
Descriptors: Chinese, Second Language Learning, Short Term Memory, Language Aptitude
Martino, Al; Barnett, Harriet – Learning Languages, 2013
At present, Whole Language (WL) teachers DO teach reading as a part of their curriculum. However, the new common core learning standards set the stage for Foreign Language in Elementary Schools (FLES) teachers to take a more active role, if not lead the way in developing important reading skills in children. Although this new challenge may at…
Descriptors: Literacy, FLES, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Wojtaszek, Adam; Arabski, Janusz – Multilingual Matters, 2011
The Acquisition of L2 Phonology is a wide-ranging new collection which focuses on various aspects of the acquisition of an L2 phonological system. The authors are researchers and practitioners from five different countries. The volume has been divided into three major sections. Phonetic Analysis presents five studies of language learners in both…
Descriptors: Phonology, Phonetic Analysis, Reading Ability, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Spencer, Tamara – Childhood Education, 2012
Beth attends a New York City K-8, dual-language (Spanish/English) public school where 96% of the students qualify as low-income, based on participation in the federally funded lunch program. Early in Beth's 1st-grade year, she was classified as a struggling reader, based on district-wide assessments that identified academic deficits in such skill…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Intervention, Literacy Education, Writing (Composition)
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Tindall, Evie; Nisbet, Deanna – Journal of Adult Education, 2010
Teachers of adult learners of English as a second language (ESL) have increasingly encountered students with limited literacy skills in their native language and/or in English. Yet, many of these practitioners are not adequately equipped to meet the challenge of teaching reading, especially beginning reading skills. Although there is a paucity of…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Reading Instruction, Beginning Reading, Literacy Education
Antonacci, Patricia A.; O'Callaghan, Catherine M. – SAGE Publications (CA), 2011
Organized around 10 key areas for teaching and learning literacy--phonemic awareness, phonics, reading fluency, vocabulary, story comprehension, comprehension of informational text, questioning for understanding, discussion for understanding, narrative writing, and writing to learn--"Promoting Literacy Development" offers 50 clearly written,…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Phonemic Awareness, Second Language Learning, Literacy
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Pollard-Durodola, Sharolyn D.; Simmons, Deborah C. – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2009
There is growing evidence of cross-language transfer in metalinguistic processes related to reading acquisition and development. In particular, phonological awareness is a requisite process that shares similarities across Spanish and English. Through explicit instruction and instructional design analyses, we propose principles to facilitate…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Instructional Design, Phonological Awareness, Phonemic Awareness
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Fonseca-Greber, Bonnie; Reagan, Timothy – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2008
In light of the ongoing attention to standards-based education in U.S. schools and the concern over how to effectively develop literacy skills in a first, let alone a second, language, this article reports on the drafting of the K-16 Student Standards for Learning Esperanto in the United States. Esperanto is ideally suited to aid children in the…
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Artificial Languages, Phonemic Awareness, Second Language Learning
Albert Shanker Institute, 2009
This report examines the importance and efficacy of oral language, literacy, mathematics, and science preschool curricula and how these curricula can be improved through alignment with research on early childhood development and learning. Detailed, research-driven recommendations are presented for what preschool-aged children should be learning in…
Descriptors: Preschool Curriculum, Oral Language, Literacy Education, Mathematics Instruction
Trainin, Guy; Javorsky, Kristin; Murphy, Malinda; Wilson, Katie – Online Submission, 2009
The 2008-2009 Annual Reading First Progress Report reflects on the final year of implementation for Round I schools and the third full year of implementation for Round II schools. This report focuses on the effect that Reading First implementation has had on selected schools across Nebraska with a special focus on vulnerable populations: English…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Economically Disadvantaged, Academic Achievement, Second Language Learning
Previous Page | Next Page »
Pages: 1  |  2