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Are the Lights Coming on? How Can We Tell? English Language Learners and Literacy Assessment
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Toohey, Kelleen – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2007
This article explores definitions of reading comprehension, research on how reading comprehension is assessed, and issues in assessing the reading comprehension of English language learners (ELLs). By way of illustration, I present aspects of the literacy practices of an intermediate-grade ELL in a suburban school of the Lower Mainland of British…
Descriptors: Suburban Schools, Reading Comprehension, Written Language, Second Language Learning
Assessing the Roles of Depth and Breadth of Vocabulary Knowledge in Reading Comprehension.
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Qian, David D. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1999
Explored the relationships between depth and breadth of vocabulary knowledge and reading comprehension in English as a Second Language. Results support the hypotheses that scores on vocabulary size, depth of vocabulary knowledge, and reading comprehension are highly and positively correlated; and scores on depth of vocabulary knowledge can make a…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests