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Dolosic, Haley N.; Brantmeier, Cindy; Strube, Michael; Hogrebe, Mark C. – Foreign Language Annals, 2016
With 24 adolescent students enrolled in a French language summer camp, the present study examines the relationship between self-assessment and oral production in French, interpreting results through a framework of individual learning variables. Participants were surrounded by French inside and outside the classroom. Self-assessment was measured…
Descriptors: French, Second Language Learning, Summer Programs, Adolescents
Tomblin, J. Bruce, Ed.; Nippold, Marilyn A., Ed. – Psychology Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2014
This volume presents the findings of a large-scale study of individual differences in spoken (and heard) language development during the school years. The goal of the study was to investigate the degree to which language abilities at school entry were stable over time and influential in the child's overall success in important aspects of…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Language Acquisition, Language Skills, Longitudinal Studies
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Ricketts, Jessie; Jones, Catherine R. G.; Happe, Francesca; Charman, Tony – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2013
Reading comprehension is an area of difficulty for many individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). According to the Simple View of Reading, word recognition and oral language are both important determinants of reading comprehension ability. We provide a novel test of this model in 100 adolescents with ASD of varying intellectual ability.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Autism, Word Recognition, Social Cognition