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Error Analyses and the Cognitive or Linguistic Influences on Children's Spelling: Comparisons between First-and Second-Language Learners
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Harrison, Gina L. – Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics / Revue canadienne de linguistique appliquée, 2021
A collection of cognitive, linguistic, and spelling measures were administered to third-grade English L1 and L2 learners. To capture formative assessments of children's developing mental graphemic representations (MGRs), spelling errors in isolation were subjected to analysis across three metrics: (1) Phonological constrained; (2)…
Descriptors: Error Analysis (Language), Scoring, Spelling, Oral Language
Evidence-Based Reading and Writing Assessment for Dyslexia in Adolescents and Young Adults
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Nielsen, Kathleen; Abbott, Robert; Griffin, Whitney; Lott, Joe; Raskind, Wendy; Berninger, Virginia W. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2016
The same working memory and reading and writing achievement phenotypes (behavioral markers of genetic variants) validated in prior research with younger children and older adults in a multi-generational family genetics study of dyslexia were used to study 81 adolescent and young adults (ages 16 to 25) from that study. Dyslexia is impaired word…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Reading Achievement, Writing Evaluation, Dyslexia
Confirmed Beliefs or False Assumptions? A Study of Home Stay Experiences in the French Study Abroad Context
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Diao, Wenhao; Freed, Barbara; Smith, Leigh – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2011
The past 20 years have witnessed enormous growth in a diverse array of studies which explore the linguistic impact of study abroad (SA) experiences. During this period a multitude of research projects have investigated SLA/L2 learning in SA, in a number of different languages (Russian, Japanese, French, Spanish, English), utilizing diverse…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Research Projects, Standardized Tests, Syntax
Measurement and Evaluation of Speaking Skill in a Second Language.
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Zelson, Sidney N. J. – 1972
A theoretical discussion of problems encountered in the measurement and evaluation of speaking skill in a second language is developed in this paper. The primary areas of interest to be evaluated are identified and discussed, including phonology, syntax, morphology, and vocabulary. A delimited and graduated method of evaluation using numerical…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Audiolingual Skills, Language Instruction, Language Tests
A Preliminary Descriptive Study of Village Student English Language Ability in the Lake and Peninsula School District With Recommendations For Language Instruction.
Pulu, Tupou L. – 1978
A study was conducted to describe the ability of students to handle the various systems of the English language (phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics) and to determine how these systems are being affected by the linguistic environments surrounding the students. The 210 student subjects were enrolled in seven of the schools of the Lake and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Alaska Natives, Elementary Secondary Education, English
Proceedings of the Annual Linguistics Conference (3rd, Irbid, Jordan, April 1-3, 1984).
Abu-Salim, Issam, Ed.; Owens, Jonathan, Ed. – 1984
The proceedings include: (1) "Communicative Competence Reconsidered," by M. Doushaq; (2) "Scenarios for Enhancing Communicative Competence," by G. Salah; (3) "Oral Style Strategies in EFL Written Discourse: Implications for Teaching College Composition," by O. Atari; (4) "Arabic and English Imperative Structures," by M. Anani; (5) "Simplification…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Arabic, Communicative Competence (Languages), Course Organization