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Philip Capin; Sharon Vaughn; Sandra Laing Gillam; Anna-Maria Fall; Gregory Roberts; Megan Israelsen-Augenstein; Sarai Holbrook; Rebekah Wada; Jordan Dille; Colby Hall; Ronald B. Gillam – Grantee Submission, 2023
Purpose: This study examines the narrative language and reading outcomes of monolingual and bilingual students who received instruction with the Supporting Knowledge in Language and Literacy (SKILL) program, a narrative language intervention. Method: The main effects of the SKILL program were evaluated in a randomized controlled trial in which…
Descriptors: Intervention, At Risk Students, Literacy, Reading Comprehension
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Pratiwi, Damar Isti; Waluyo, Budi – Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction, 2022
Purpose: This study examined the integration of task and game-based learning into an online Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) preparatory course taught at two Indonesian higher education institutions (HEI) over a period of 20 online class meetings totaling 40 class hours. Methodology: Using a single-case experimental design, it engaged…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Undergraduate Students, Foreign Countries
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Yu, Wen-Chiao; Chang, Peichin – Taiwan Journal of TESOL, 2019
Conceptual beliefs learners hold may influence learning strategies and outcomes of learning. Little research, however, has investigated English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners' views of multimodality presented in the most accessible learning materials, their English textbooks. A total of sixteen 11th graders participated, half from the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Student Attitudes, Textbooks
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Mor, Billy; Prior, Anat – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2022
Reading efficiently in a second language (L2) is a crucial skill, but it is not universally achieved. Here we ask whether L2 reading efficiency is better captured as a language specific skill or whether it is mostly shared across L1 and L2, relying on general language abilities. To this end, we examined word frequency and predictability effects in…
Descriptors: Prediction, Native Language, Second Language Learning, Reading Comprehension
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Tunmer, William E.; Hoover, Wesley A. – Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 2019
This article presents an overview of a conceptual framework designed to help reading professionals better understand what their students are facing as they learn to read in alphabetic writing systems. The US National Reading Panel (NRP) recommended five instructional components for improving reading outcomes but presented these instructional…
Descriptors: Remedial Reading, Reading Difficulties, Prevention, Reading Teachers
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López-Escribano, Carmen; Ivanova, Anelia; Shtereva, Katerina – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2018
Introduction: The present study provides description of two typologically diverse languages in origin (Slavic vs. Latin), script (Cyrillic vs. Roman), and internal structure. One of the similarities, between the two studied orthographies is that spelling-sound transparency is quite consistent in both languages. The goal of the present study was to…
Descriptors: Naming, Vocabulary Development, Correlation, Regression (Statistics)
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Berube, Daniel; Marinova-Todd, Stefka H. – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2012
The relationship between first language (L1) typology, defined as the classification of languages according to their structural characteristics (e.g. phonological systems and writing systems), and the development of second (L2) and third (L3) language skills and literacy proficiency in multilingual children was investigated in this study. The…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Multilingualism, Language Classification, Grade 4
Knell, Ellen Shipley – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The present study investigated the efficacy of early English immersion in the Shi Da Fu Elementary School in Xi'an, China. Three hundred and fifty one students were tested in Grades 1-6. There were two main purposes that motivated this longitudinal and cross-sectional study. The first goal was to compare the L1 and L2 language and literacy…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Immersion Programs, Oral Language, Phonological Awareness
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Cho, Jeung-Ryeul; Chen, Hsuan-Chih – Language and Cognitive Processes, 1999
Investigated whether: (1) the role of phonological and orthographic activation differs during semantic processing of Korean Hangul and Hanja and (2) proficiency in Korean Hanja would affect the way phonology is used in comprehension of Hanja characters. Overall, results indicate both language proficiency and script difference can affect the…
Descriptors: Korean, Language Processing, Language Proficiency, Orthographic Symbols
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Mabbott, Ann Sax – Foreign Language Annals, 1994
This article discusses case studies of subjects labeled as learning disabled (LD) who have gained a degree of proficiency in a second language. The subjects' performance on written dictations, oral readings, and comprehension after oral and silent reading are compared qualitatively between their first and second language. (60 references) (JL)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Dictation, Error Analysis (Language)
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Matthews-Bresky, R. J. H. – English Language Teaching Journal, 1978
The multiple choice technique can test written and oral comprehension and linguistic competence at beginning and intermediate levels. Examples of test items concerning sounds, stress, vocabulary, and structures are presented, and brief comments on the items are included. (SW)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Language Instruction
Rivera, Charlene – 1982
This report summarizes the Assessment of Language Proficiency of Bilingual Persons (ALPBP) project research component and provides a summary of the findings of the other six components of the study. The summary of the research component includes an outline of the goals, activities, and requests for proposals. After the introduction, the following…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Cognitive Development, Communicative Competence (Languages)
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Hardin, Gerard G. – English Language Teaching Journal, 1979
Points out that the emphasis in English language teaching should shift from spoken to written English since international communication today generally means gaining access to written information. (CFM)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Problems, Communication Skills, Educational Objectives
Wang, Lih Shing; Stansfield, Charles W. – 1988
The manual for administration of the Chinese Proficiency Test contains an overview of the program, including: (1) its history, content, and format; (2) its primary focus and uses; (3) administration procedures, including registration, ordering the test, reporting scores, and billing; (4) the interpretation of test scores based on normative data…
Descriptors: Chinese, Difficulty Level, Item Analysis, Language Proficiency
Martin, Sabrina Budasi; Garcia, Paula – 1997
The set of materials are designed for the assessment of literacy, English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL), listening and reading comprehension, and/or job-related skills of factory workers, and are based on work-related tasks. The materials consist of instructions for administering the test, a picture prompt booklet for the test administrator to use…
Descriptors: Adult Education, English (Second Language), Field Tests, Interviews
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