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Lopez, Jacqueline; Campoverde, Johnny – Journal of Technology and Science Education, 2018
This academic work has the aim of analyzing the impact of graphic organizers in the development of reading comprehension accordance with the level of English of each student. The theoretical foundation is constructed by the contents previously defined in the problem; with specific bibliography for the scientific content. Statistical analyses of…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Instructional Materials, Dyslexia, Foreign Countries
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Sparks, Richard; Patton, Jon – Hispania, 2016
The Simple View of Reading (SVR) model, which posits that reading comprehension is the product of word decoding and language comprehension that make independent contributions to reading skill, has been found to explain the acquisition of first language (L1) reading and second language (L2) reading in young English language learners (ELLs).…
Descriptors: High School Students, Spanish, Second Language Learning, Reading
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Kieffer, Michael J.; Biancarosa, Gina; Mancilla-Martinez, Jeannette – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2013
This study investigated the direct and indirect roles of morphological awareness reading comprehension for Spanish-speaking language minority learners reading in English. Multivariate path analysis was used to investigate the unique contribution of derivational morphological awareness to reading comprehension as well as its indirect contributions…
Descriptors: Role, Morphology (Languages), Second Language Learning, Reading Comprehension
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Pretorius, Elizabeth J. – Perspectives in Education, 2014
This paper describes an intervention programme that was originally intended to support transition to English as language of learning and teaching (LoLT) in Grade 4 in a township school, using a pre- and post-test design. Because the pre-tests revealed very poor literacy levels in both Zulu home language and English, the intervention programme was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intervention, Transitional Programs, English (Second Language)
Honig, Bill; Diamond, Linda; Gutlohn, Linda – Consortium on Reading Excellence (NJ3), 2008
The "Teaching Reading Sourcebook, Second Edition" is a comprehensive reference about reading instruction. Organized according to the elements of explicit instruction (what? why? when? and how?), the "Sourcebook" includes both a research-informed knowledge base and practical sample lesson models. It teaches the key elements of an effective reading…
Descriptors: Intervention, Reading Programs, State Standards, Phonemic Awareness
Burnaby, Barbara J.; Anthony, Robert J. – 1979
This study examined the psycholinguistic implications of using either of two different types of orthography--syllabic and roman--in Native language programs for Cree children with regard to readability, learnability, and the transfer of reading skills to and from reading in an official language (English or French). This study can also be applied…
Descriptors: Alphabets, American Indian Languages, Beginning Reading, Bilingual Education