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Hristo Kyuchukov; Jill de Villiers; Yanwan Zhu; Iris Zhong – Language Acquisition: A Journal of Developmental Linguistics, 2025
The paper presents the first comprehensive look at the language development of Romani-speaking children from resource-poor Roma communities in several European countries. 250 participants aged 3- to 10-years participated. The experimental tasks assess knowledge in eight key areas of grammar and morphology, including fast mapping of novel items.…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Minority Groups, Preschool Children, Elementary School Students
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Alejandro Granados Vargas; Cecilia Perez; Betty Yu – EBP Briefs (Evidence-based Practice Briefs), 2024
Clinical Question: Would the performance on a narrative task (O) differ for a bilingual child with a potential language disability (P) when using a translanguaging approach to narrative language sample analysis (I) compared to restricting narratives to one language per task (C)? Method: Systematic Review. Study Sources: Google Scholar. Search…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Bilingualism, Referral, Speech Evaluation
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Zhihui Zhang; Jenifer Crawford – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
Over the past few years, the world's attention has been focused on gaming systems and their application in education through gamification, incorporating game features into learning tools. Against this backdrop, this study aims to investigate the motivation of EFL learners in a Gamified Formative Assessment (GFA). Theoretical insights from…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Gamification
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Margaret Chauke; Ramodungoane Tabane – South African Journal of Education, 2024
Primary school educators in South Africa often experience difficulties in applying recommended adaptive assessment methods in large multilingual classes, with these challenges being exacerbated when teaching and assessing English as First Additional Language (EFAL). In this article, we report on a study that explored Grade 6 educators' knowledge…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Alternative Assessment, Student Evaluation, Second Language Instruction
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Trang Le Diem Bui; Tho Thi Kim Nguyen; Khoa Dang Nguyen – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2025
Learner engagement is increasingly recognized as a crucial factor in language education, especially for young learners. However, research into how teachers perceive and assess learner engagement in intact English as a foreign language (EFL) classrooms remains limited. This study explored how primary school teachers in urban and rural areas in a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Evaluation, Classroom Techniques, Rural Urban Differences
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Silvana M. R. Watson; Carol Westby – Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 2025
Purpose: The intent of this article is to explain the complexity of the diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and developmental language disorder (DLD) in multilingual (ML) children and adolescents and to offer strategies for speech-language pathologists charged with diagnosis of language impairment in these children.…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Students with Disabilities, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
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Stefanie Frisch, Editor; Karen Glaser, Editor – Language Learning & Language Teaching, 2025
This volume presents state-of-the-art research in early foreign language (L2) education in instructed contexts with a special focus on primary school (ages 5-12). Over the past two decades, early language teaching has become an important factor in both academic inquiry and education policy. Studies have attested to the value of early L2 learning…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Elementary School Students, Trend Analysis
Norah M. Almubark – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Narrative is the art of conveying a sequence of causally and temporally linked events through monologic telling. Various functions can be served through narratives including sharing experiences, expressing ideas, providing entertainment, and imparting cultural or social values. Narrative language represents an authentic type of language that is…
Descriptors: Narration, Oral Language, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Intervention
Jennifer George – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Researchers found dual language programs allow students to acquire a second language while building positive cross-cultural beliefs. However, there are inconsistencies between what research shows and teachers' perceptions of success. The problem was a gap in academic achievement between both English Language Learners (ELL) and non-ELL students…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary School Students, English Language Learners, Second Language Learning
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Yu-Ting Kao – Language Learning Journal, 2024
This study explores how the concept of Assessment for Learning (AfL) is practised in the CLIL contexts. It focuses on the assessment purpose of understanding and supporting students' content and language learning. Ten CLIL teachers in the bilingual program of three different regions in Taiwan were involved in the study. Results from the class…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Content and Language Integrated Learning, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Yoo, Hanwook; Wolf, Mikyung Kim; Ballard, Laura D. – Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 2023
As the theme of the 2022 annual meeting of the American Education Research Association, cultivating equitable education systems has gained renewed attention amid an increasingly diverse society. However, systemic inequalities persist for traditionally underserved student populations. As a way to better address diverse students' needs, it is of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Native Language, English Language Learners, Multilingualism
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Barbara Jones; Molly Faulkner-Bond; Jennifer Blitz – Region 15 Comprehensive Center, 2024
This brief is part of a series that highlights key features of high-quality instruction for English learners and the role formative assessment plays in their success. Formative assessment supports teachers to enact these features by providing them with tools to gauge and react to student learning in real-time. These practices also support students…
Descriptors: English Learners, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods
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Hunt, Emily; Nang, Charn; Meldrum, Suzanne; Armstrong, Elizabeth – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2022
Purpose: Multilingual children are disproportionately represented on speech pathology caseloads, in part due to the limited ability of traditional language assessments to accurately capture multilingual children's language abilities. This systematic review evaluates the evidence for identification of language disorder in multilingual children…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Speech Language Pathology, Language Tests, Diagnostic Tests
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Douglas B. Petersen; Alisa Konishi-Therkildsen; Kallie Dawn Clark; Anahi Kamila DeRobles; Ashley Elizabeth Frahm; Kristi Jones; Camryn Lettich; Trina D. Spencer – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2024
Purpose: Several studies have demonstrated that dynamic assessment can be a less biased, valid approach for the identification of language disorder among diverse school-age children. However, all prior studies have included a relatively small number of participants, which is generally not adequate for psychometric research. This is the first…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Language Impairments, Language Usage, Individual Characteristics
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Pratt, Amy S.; Anaya, Jissel B.; Ramos, Michelle N.; Pham, Giang; Muñoz, Miriam; Bedore, Lisa M.; Peña, Elizabeth D. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2022
Purpose: Our proof-of-concept study tested the feasibility of virtual testing using child assessments that were originally validated for in-person testing only. Method: Ten adult-child dyads were assigned to complete both in-person and virtual tests of language, cognition, and narratives. Child participants fell between the ages of 4 and 8 years;…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Language Tests, Intelligence Tests, Narration
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