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Direct linkSmith, Vanesa P.; Cano, Isabel; Lozada, Lisa; Summers, Connie – Grantee Submission, 2021
The purpose of this study was to assess the use of an adapted picture description task described by Eisenberg and Guo to explore the morphosyntactic error patterns of English-Spanish preschool simultaneous bilingual learners. Language samples were collected from 28 bilingual preschool children aged 3 to 5 years. Language samples were elicited in…
Descriptors: Pictorial Stimuli, Grammar, English (Second Language), Spanish
Alissa Wolters; Young-Suk Kim – Grantee Submission, 2024
Purpose: There is limited research on the writing of young Spanish-English bilinguals and their writing in both languages. In the current study, we addressed whether written syntax features differed by language (English and Spanish) and varied as a function of grade level, English learner status, and instructional program (dual or English…
Descriptors: Written Language, Spanish, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Trina D. Spencer; Trina J. Tolentino; Matthew E. Foster – Grantee Submission, 2023
Purpose: Language sampling is a critical component of language assessments. However, there are many ways to elicit language samples that likely impact the results. The purpose of this study was to examine how different discourse types and elicitation tasks affect various language sampling outcomes. Method: A diverse group of K-3 students (N =…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Story Telling, Language Usage, Task Analysis
Christina M. Budde; Margaret Sullivan Marcus; Melinda Martin-Beltrán; Rebecca D. Silverman – Grantee Submission, 2022
Few studies investigate how teacher discourse moves relate to subsequent student discourse moves in real-time small-group reading instruction with multilingual learners (MLLs). Grounded in sociocultural theory and classroom discourse research, this study examines how fourth-grade MLLs engage in reasoning discourse during text-based discussions. We…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Small Group Instruction, Multilingualism, Second Language Learning
Luo, Rufan; Pace, Amy; Levine, Dani; Iglesias, Aquiles; de Villiers, Jill; Golinkoff, Roberta Michnick; Wilson, Mary Sweig; Hirsh-Pasek, Kathy – Grantee Submission, 2021
Children learning two languages (Dual Language Learners; DLLs) represent a rapidly growing population in the United States. DLLs are disproportionately more likely to live in families of low socioeconomic status (SES), which places many of them at risk for poor dual-language outcomes. To date, most studies on SES and dual language development have…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, English Language Learners, Spanish, Learning Processes
Wood, Carla; Hoge, Rachel – Grantee Submission, 2017
Purpose: This study aimed to describe change in dual language learners' (DLLs) morphosyntactic skills from kindergarten to first grade based on a sentence repetition task in English and Spanish. Methods: The sample included Spanish-English speaking children (n = 25). Investigators employed a repeated measures analysis of variance with one…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Grade 1, Elementary School Students, Preschool Children
Guo, Liang; Crossley, Scott A.; McNamara, Danielle S. – Grantee Submission, 2013
This study explores whether linguistic features can predict second language writing proficiency in the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL iBT) integrated and independent writing tasks and, if so, whether there are differences and similarities in the two sets of predictive linguistic features. Linguistic features related to lexical…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Linguistics, Second Language Learning, Writing Skills
Crossley, Scott A.; Kyle, Kristopher; Allen, Laura K.; Guo, Liang; McNamara, Danielle S. – Grantee Submission, 2014
This study investigates the potential for linguistic microfeatures related to length, complexity, cohesion, relevance, topic, and rhetorical style to predict L2 writing proficiency. Computational indices were calculated by two automated text analysis tools (Coh- Metrix and the Writing Assessment Tool) and used to predict human essay ratings in a…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Essays, Scoring, Writing Evaluation
