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Ayelet Sasson; Rachel Schiff; Barak Zluf – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2025
This study assessed the effect of adjectives and noun premodifiers on L2 noun phrase comprehension and error types among English Language Learners. We also examined the correlation between L2 noun phrase comprehension and L2 reading comprehension, as well as the contribution of L2 noun phrase comprehension to L2 reading comprehension. One hundred…
Descriptors: Nouns, Phrase Structure, Form Classes (Languages), Grade 11
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Durrant, Philip; Brenchley, Mark – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2019
This paper aims to advance our understanding of how children's use of vocabulary in writing changes as they progress through their school careers. It examines the extent to which a model of lexical sophistication as use of low-frequency, register-appropriate words adequately captures development in vocabulary use across the course of compulsory…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Compulsory Education, Foreign Countries, Word Frequency
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Duguay, Annie; Kenyon, Dorry; Haynes, Erin; August, Diane; Yanosky, Tiffany – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2016
This article describes the development of an instrument to measure teachers' knowledge of vocabulary development and instruction, the Teacher Knowledge of Vocabulary Survey (TKVS). This type of knowledge has become increasingly important as all classroom teachers are expected to help students meet language and literacy standards that include…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Measures (Individuals), Teaching Methods