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Jang, Jeongsuk; Parrila, Rauno; Inoue, Tomohiro – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2023
We examined if North (n = 123) and South Korean (n = 123) children in Grades 3 to 8 studying in South Korea differ in their reading, vocabulary, and literacy-related cognitive skills, and whether language and literacy-related skills contribute to reading outcomes differently among North and South Korean children. The results showed that South…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Reading Achievement, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students
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Peterson, Jeff – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2022
Extensive reading (ER) research has suggested that completing the equivalent of 7,200 standard words of extensive reading per week facilitates substantial reading rate gains. Research has also suggested that 100 minutes per week is sufficient to complete this goal for most English language learners (Beglar & Hunt, 2014). However, experimental…
Descriptors: Reading Habits, Reading Achievement, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Katie Reynolds – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The number of English Learners (EL) enrolled in general education classroom environments in Illinois is increasing. State assessment data demonstrates that EL students are academically behind in reading. Since general education teachers in Illinois are not required to have an ESL endorsement and teacher preparation programs do not consistently…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Reading Achievement
Maryellen A. Leelman – ProQuest LLC, 2021
A nonrandomized quasi-experimental, mixed-method double pretest-posttest design was used to compare the effects of a multilinguistic word study model of instruction -- RAVE-O program (Wolf, Miller, & Donnelly, 2000) -- in comparison with a phonics word study model of instruction -- Fountas and Pinnell Phonics Lessons -- Letters, words, and how…
Descriptors: Metalinguistics, Phonics, Reading Instruction, Grade 1
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Requa, Mary Kathryn; Chen, Yi-Jui Iva; Irey, Robin; Cunningham, Anne E. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2022
This study examines the influence of a parent workshop intervention on vocabulary acquisition of at-risk preschool children during parent-child shared storybook reading. Sixty-nine parents were randomly assigned to either treatment or control group. In the treatment condition, parents were taught to implement elaborated vocabulary instruction…
Descriptors: Parent Workshops, Intervention, Vocabulary Development, Parent Child Relationship
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Sun, Xin; Marks, Rebecca A.; Eggleston, Rachel L.; Zhang, Kehui; Lau, Chikyi; Yu, Chi-Lin; Nickerson, Nia; Kovelman, Ioulia – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2023
Children who speak one language at home and a different language at school may be at higher risk of falling behind in their academic achievement when schooling is disrupted. The present study examined the effects of COVID-19-related school disruptions on English language and literacy development among monolingual and bilingual children in the US.…
Descriptors: Literacy, COVID-19, Pandemics, Spanish
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Hrdlicková, Zuzana – Advanced Education, 2021
It is evident from the PISA 2018 results that a trend in mean performance in reading has been declining in the Slovak Republic. The KEGA Project "Idioms in Business Communication", run at the Department of English Language, aims at improving reading literacy, widening formal and informal vocabulary and facilitating business…
Descriptors: Business English, English for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Stephens, Meredith – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2019
Aka (2019) conducted an year-long large-scale study demonstrating that Japanese high school students who undertook extensive reading performed better than a control group who undertook grammatical instruction. Those showing the greatest gains were those of lower and intermediate proficiency. The students' achievement was measured in terms of…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, High School Students, Foreign Countries
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Fogarty, Melissa; Coyne, Michael D.; Simmons, Leslie E.; Simmons, Deborah C.; Henri, Maria; Kwok, Oi-Man; Ware, Sharon M.; Dalton, Kevin; Williams, Kimberly A.; Wang, Huan – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2020
In this experimental study, we examined the effects of a technology-mediated intervention to improve students' understanding of academic vocabulary and its impact on measures of vocabulary and comprehension. The Vocabulators program was implemented in two states involving 24 teachers and 200 third-grade students identified as in need of…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Reading Difficulties, Reading Comprehension, Intervention
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Li, Linlin; Flynn, Kylie; Tripathy, Rachel Grimes; Wang, Jennifer; Austin-King, Kelsey; Graves, Michael F. – Grantee Submission, 2018
This study evaluated the efficacy of the Word Learning Strategies (WLS) supplementary program designed to develop upper-elementary students' vocabulary skills in order to improve reading comprehension. The study used a true, group-randomized, experimental design, which randomly assigned 46 4th grade classrooms (n=1324 students) from 12 districts…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Elementary School Students, Reading Comprehension, Learning Strategies
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Lee, Ho; Lee, Hansol; Lee, Jang Ho – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2016
Second language studies have supported the use of glossing for enhancing vocabulary learning. Along with technological developments, an increasing number of studies have examined electronic textual glossing in computer-assisted environments, yet only a small number of studies have compared electronic glossing to its traditional paper counterpart.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Gabris, Katie – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this causal-comparative study was to evaluate the effectiveness of morphological instruction on middle school students. This study compared the overall reading performance growth as measured by MAP scores of students who received morphological instruction and of students who had not. In addition, this study also compared MAP reading…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Morphology (Languages), Teaching Methods, Middle School Students
Green, Grace – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This study addresses low literacy achievement in students in kindergarten and first grades. The study was designed to help identify how general education teachers can use specific daily research-based oral vocabulary acquisition strategies to close the literacy gap. This quantitative research helped to determine if the implementation of an oral…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Kindergarten, Grade 1, Teaching Methods
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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
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Walpole, Sharon; Amendum, Steven; Pasquarella, Adrian; Strong, John Z.; McKenna, Michael C. – Elementary School Journal, 2017
We compared year-long gains in fluency and comprehension in grades 3-5 in 3 treatment and 4 comparison schools. Treatment schools implemented a comprehensive school reform (CSR) program called Bookworms. The program employed challenging text and emphasized high text volume, aggressive vocabulary and knowledge building, and contextualized strategy…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5
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