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Raúl Gutiérrez-Fresneda; Teresa Pozo Rico; María José García Tárraga; Elena Jiménez-Pérez – Journal of Educational Research, 2024
The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of Spanish literacy precursor skills on reading learning to read in the mother tongue and their degree of transfer to English. A quasi-experimental design was used, which allowed for a repeated measures comparison between two groups of students, who underwent a follow-up assessment one year…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Spanish Speaking, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Patricia E. Rainer – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This qualitative, single case study of linguistically diverse sixth-grade students to understand how these students explored and experienced their English literacy development (ELD) by using Retrospective Miscue Analysis (RMA) and Collaborative Retrospective Miscue Analysis (CRMA). In addition, the study explored the roles that families and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Miscue Analysis
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Henry Brice; Benjamin Zinszer; Danielle Kablan; Fabrice Tanoh; Konan N. N. Nana; Kaja K. Jasinska – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2024
Purpose: Statistical learning (SL) approaches to reading maintain that proficient reading requires assimilation of the rich statistical regularities in the writing system. Reading skills in developing first- and second-language readers in English have been shown to be predicted by individual differences in sensitivity to regularities in mappings…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Foreign Countries, Semantics, Writing (Composition)
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Assadullah Sadiq – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2025
This article examines four Afghan refugee parents/guardians in Islamabad, Pakistan for their beliefs about literacy and language(s). Semi-structured interviews with each parent/guardian showed that they all highly valued reading and writing as essential life skills. However, while they viewed literacy as having instrumental value, they also…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Attitudes, Parents, Refugees
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Jinger Pan; Catherine McBride; Joyce Lok Yin Kwan; Hua Shu – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2025
While it has been shown that socioeconomic status (SES) is important for children's literacy development in their first language (L1), less is known about its association with reading in a second language (L2). The present study examined the different effects of SES on the acquisition of reading in Chinese as L1 and English as L2 from ages 7 to…
Descriptors: Native Language, Second Language Learning, Chinese, Socioeconomic Status
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Rizka Razimona; Sary Silvhiany; Machdalena Vianty – Indonesian Journal of English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics, 2024
Teaching English to first-grade elementary school children presents its own challenges for teachers. This is because children at this age have characteristics such as having a short attention span, enjoying playing, and learning more effectively when they are having fun. On the other hand, children in this group are still learning to read and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Singing
Moline, Emily Ariel – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This dissertation focuses on adult emergent literacy learning of English, which is underexplored relative to children's literacy learning and fully literate L2 learners of English. Although research has pointed to the fact that "adults often arrive [to literacy programs] with prior experiences of authentic reading and writing" (Lytle,…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Literacy Education
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von Hagen, Alexa; Kohnen, Saskia; Stadie, Nicole – Educational Psychology Review, 2021
This systematic review investigated how successful children/adolescents with poor literacy skills learn a foreign language compared with their peers with typical literacy skills. Moreover, we explored whether specific characteristics related to participants, foreign language instruction, and assessment moderated scores on foreign language tests in…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Children
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Yaseen Ali Azi; Sami Abdullah Hamdi; Mohammed Ahmad Okasha – HOW, 2024
The task of verifying credible and original information is now more complicated, especially for undergraduate students. This study uses information literacy and discourse analysis to develop English as a foreign language learners' critical reading skills while verifying information on social media. A reading test including false news was used to…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Discourse Analysis, Comparative Analysis, Reading Tests
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Deepti Bora; Priyanka Patel; Maria Psyridou; Jenni Ruotsalainen; Ulla Richardson; Minna Torppa – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2025
Foundational literacy is a key lever for achieving higher levels of learning and societal wellbeing. However, with an enrolment of over 250 million children in schools, India is currently challenged by learning deprivation. Growing uptake of English-medium education along with less-than-optimal English literacy instruction practices present an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 2, Second Language Learning
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Priyanka Patel; Nandini Chatterjee Singh; Minna Torppa – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2024
This study examined within and cross-language relations, and specifically, the role of phonological awareness (PA) skills in reading among young Hindi-speaking children (L1) who were learning to read English (L2) in Delhi, India. Data was collected from 143 children in Grades 1 and 2 using measures validated for this population. The analyses…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Phonological Awareness, Indo European Languages, Grade 1
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MacKay, Elizabeth; Chen, Xi; Deacon, S. Hélène – Annals of Dyslexia, 2023
In Canada, approximately 12% of school-aged children are enrolled in French Immersion (FI), with some provinces estimating close to 30%. FI programs are intended to produce bilingual individuals who can functionally communicate in both of Canada's official languages. Yet, we are currently underinformed as to how to identify children with French…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immersion Programs, French, Reading Difficulties
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Andress, Tim T.; Baker, Doris Luft; Goodrich, Marc; Feuer, Elizabeth; Huang, Yixian; Thayer, Lauren – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2023
This systematic review aims to synthesize the literature on the effects of cross-linguistic transfer on Spanish/English bilinguals' reading comprehension skills. The search yielded at least 90 studies in which participants were Spanish/English bilinguals aged birth to Grade 12. Researchers assessed participants' decoding and/or linguistic…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Transfer of Training, Second Language Learning, Native Language
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K. M. Rosheim; K. G. Tamte; M. J. Froemming – Reading Psychology, 2024
This 2-year exploratory study of Multilingual Learner's performance on literacy assessments is grounded in Culturally Responsive Teaching. By examining the protocols for universal screeners and progress monitoring at one midwestern elementary school, teachers and researchers learned more about language vs. literacy-related results and discovered…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Bilingual Students, Student Evaluation, Culturally Relevant Education
Cecil, Nancy Lee; Lozano, Albert S.; Chaplin, Mae – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020
Now in its sixth edition, "Striking a Balance" clearly illustrates how to create a comprehensive early literacy program that places direct skills instruction within the context of rich and varied reading and writing experiences. Text discussions, dynamic activities, and valuable appendices provide a variety of effective instructional…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Literacy Education, Learning Activities, Instructional Effectiveness
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