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Direct linkRöthlisberger, Martina; Zangger, Christoph; Juska-Bacher, Britta – Journal of Research in Reading, 2023
Background: In countries with German as an official language, children with German as a second language perform overall worse in school than their German native speaking peers. This particularly affects written language skills, which require advanced language knowledge. The reasons are manifold, but one is prominent, namely poor vocabulary…
Descriptors: German, Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Paige, David D.; Smith, Grant S. – Journal of Research in Reading, 2018
The simple view of reading hypothesises that reading comprehension is predicted by decoding and language abilities. In this study, 257 fifth-grade English-language learners (Ells) in south-central India were assessed on reading and language measures. Using a model of the simple view, we fit the data using path analysis to determine the extent to…
Descriptors: Indians, Reading Processes, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Prior, Anat; Zeltsman-Kulick, Rita; Katzir, Tami – Journal of Research in Reading, 2020
The current study examined the proficiency of Israeli adolescents in reading single words in English, which is taught as a foreign language, and what language skills predict individual variability. Parallel measures of word reading, phonology, decoding, morpho-syntax and vocabulary in Hebrew and English were administered to 217 adolescents in 8th…
Descriptors: Word Recognition, Reading Processes, Elementary School Students, Language Proficiency
Sadeghi, Karim; Khezrlou, Sima; Modirkhameneh, Sima – Journal of Research in Reading, 2017
This study sought to compare how three different gloss types (text-picture, text-audio and text-picture-audio) affected English as a foreign language (EFL) learners' reading comprehension and vocabulary acquisition. The study also compared how results on comprehension and vocabulary acquisition differed across three learning conditions (i.e.,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Reading Comprehension, Pictorial Stimuli
Cassady, Jerrell C.; Smith, Lawrence L.; Thomas, Christopher L. – Journal of Research in Reading, 2018
The growing number of students whose primary language does not match the language of their schools and a steadily growing performance gap has prompted widespread attention to support emergent literacy gains for those students. This study randomly assigned schools in a Southwestern U.S. state with English language learners (ELLs) in kindergarten…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, English Language Learners, Achievement Gains, Reading Achievement
Peer reviewedHacquebord, Hilde – Journal of Research in Reading, 1999
Evaluates the Dutch Text Comprehension Test, developed to help improve the education of secondary school minority students in the Netherlands. Finds the test proved reliable for both L1 students and L2 students. Suggests, although classification results were not optimal, the test can be used for diagnostic purposes provided a relatively large…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Comprehension, Reading Diagnosis, Reading Tests
