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Pace, Amy; Luo, Rufan; Levine, Dani; Iglesias, Aquiles; de Villiers, Jill; Golinkoff, Roberta M.; Wilson, Mary S.; Hirsh-Pasek, Kathy – Grantee Submission, 2020
This study investigated the relation between Dual Language Learners' (N = 90) vocabulary and grammar comprehension and word learning processes in preschool (aged 3-through-5 years). Of interest was whether: (1) performance in Spanish correlated with performance in English within each domain; and (2) comprehension predicted novel word learning…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Bilingual Students, Vocabulary Development, Grammar
Min Hyun Oh; Jeannette Mancilla-Martinez; Jin Kyoung Hwang – Grantee Submission, 2023
The unprecedented growth of Spanish-English dual language learners (DLLs) in new destination states (e.g., Georgia, Indiana, South Carolina, Tennessee) calls for better understanding of the relation between their bilingual vocabulary skills and English reading achievement. The current study focused on school-age Spanish-English DLLs (N = 60) in…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Predictor Variables, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students
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Millar, Roberto J.; Sahoo, Shalini; Yamashita, Takashi; Cummins, Phyllis A. – Grantee Submission, 2020
Online health information is underutilized among Hispanics with low English proficiency in the U.S. This study examines the association between a unique measure of general English literacy, language use, and online health information seeking among Hispanic adults. Data for Hispanics ages 25 to 65 (N = 700) come from the 2012/2014 Program for…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Information Seeking, Literacy, Language Usage
Mesa, Carol; Yeomans-Maldonado, Gloria – Grantee Submission, 2020
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd-grade predictors of reading comprehension in bilingual children. Specifically, we evaluated the role that Spanish and English skills play in predicting English reading comprehension in 3rd grade. Method: As part of a longitudinal study, 248 bilingual children were…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Grade 3, Reading Comprehension, Spanish
Soto, Xigrid T.; Crucet-Choi, Andres; Goldstein, Howard – Grantee Submission, 2020
Purpose: Preschoolers' phonological awareness (PA) and alphabet knowledge (AK) skills are two of the strongest predictors of future reading. Despite evidence that providing at-risk preschoolers with timely emergent literacy interventions can prevent academic difficulties, there is a scarcity of research focusing on Latinx preschoolers who are Dual…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Hispanic American Students, Phonological Awareness, Alphabets
Taboada Barber, Ana; Cartwright, Kelly B.; Stapleton, Laura; Klauda, Susan Lutz; Archer, Casey; Smith, Peet – Grantee Submission, 2020
Given concerns about the reading achievement of Dual Language Learners (DLLs) in comparison to English Monolinguals (EMs), this study examined individual difference variables contributing to English reading comprehension growth in Spanish-speaking DLLs and their EM counterparts in Grades 1-4. The participants, who included 578 DLLs and 412 EMs,…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Reading Motivation, Reading Comprehension, Second Language Learning
Baker, Doris Luft; Park, Yonghan; Andress, Tim T. – Grantee Submission, 2022
This study examined the longitudinal prediction of decoding, oral reading fluency (ORF), and bilingual language proficiency (BLP) on student reading comprehension (RC) outcomes in Spanish and in English. Participants were first-grade Latinx students attending bilingual programs. Findings indicated that BLP initial status and gains were significant…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Reading Comprehension, Spanish, Reading Fluency
Doabler, Christian T.; Clarke, Ben; Kosty, Derek B.; Baker, Scott K.; Smolkowski, Keith; Fien, Hank – Grantee Submission, 2016
There is a dearth of research on Tier 1 instruction designed to improve the mathematics achievement of English learners. This study examined the impact of a core kindergarten mathematics curriculum on the mathematics achievement of Spanish-speaking English learners (SS-ELs). Secondary aims tested for differential response to the curriculum among…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Core Curriculum, Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Achievement
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Ford, Karen L.; Invernizzi, Marcia A.; Meyer, J. Patrick – Grantee Submission, 2015
The goal of the current study was to determine whether Concept of Word in Text (COW-T) predicts later sight word reading achievement in Spanish, as it does in English. COW-T requires that children have beginning sound awareness, automatic recognition of letters and letter sounds, and the ability to coordinate these skills to finger point…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Word Recognition, Spanish, Emergent Literacy
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Mesa, Carol; Yeomans-Maldonado, Gloria – Grantee Submission, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of the current study was to examine the role that the first language (L1), Spanish, at Pre-Kindergarten plays in predicting second language (L2), English, word reading in first grade. In addition, it examines the role of conceptual vocabulary in predicting word reading in English. Method: As part of a longitudinal study of…
Descriptors: Spanish, Native Language, Preschool Education, Language Role