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Domke, Lisa M. – Journal of Literacy Research, 2022
This mixed-methods study analyzed how elementary-school children translated while reading Spanish-English dual-language books (DLBs). Specifically, it investigated the types of strategies students used to translate words in DLBs, strategies' success, and differences in strategy use based on grade, home language(s), and oral reading accuracy.…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Translation, English, Spanish
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Thompson, Connie A.; Craig, Holly K.; Washington, Julie A. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2004
Many African American students produce African American English (AAE) features that are contrastive to Standard American English (SAE). The AAE-speaking child who is able to dialect shift, that is, to speak SAE across literacy contexts, likely will perform better academically than the student who is not able to dialect shift. Method: This…
Descriptors: African American Students, Literacy, North American English, Black Dialects