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Kim, Youn-Hee; Jang, Eunice Eunhee – Language Learning, 2009
The increasing numbers of English language learners (ELLs) in Canadian schools pose a significant challenge to the standards-based provincial tests used to measure proficiency levels of all students from various linguistic and cultural backgrounds. This study investigated the extent to which reading item bundles or items on the Ontario Secondary…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries
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Laufer, Batia; Paribakht, T. Sima – Language Learning, 1998
Investigated the relationships among three types of vocabulary knowledge (passive, controlled active, and free active) within the same individuals, taking four variables into consideration: passive vocabulary size, language learning context, second (L2) for foreign (FL), length of residence in L2 context, and, among the Canadians, knowledge of…
Descriptors: Adults, College Students, Context Effect, English (Second Language)