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The Reliability of the OWLS Written Expression Scale with ESL Kindergarten Students
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Harrison, Gina L.; Ogle, Keira C.; Keilty, Megan – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2011
A reliability analysis was conducted on the Written Expression Scale from the Oral and Written Language Scales, (OWLS, Carrow-Woolfolk, 1996), with 68 ESL and 56 non-ESL kindergarten students. Interrater and internal consistency estimates for the Written Expression Scale were examined separately for each language group. Despite lower oral English…
Descriptors: Written Language, Vocabulary, Reliability, Measures (Individuals)
Using CALL in a Formal Learning Context to Develop Oral Language Awareness in ESL: An Assessment
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Vincent-Durroux, Laurence; Poussard, Cecile; Lavaur, Jean-Marc; Aparicio, Xavier – ReCALL, 2011
French learners at university meet difficulties in the comprehension of oral English. Being in a formal context of language learning, they need to develop language awareness to compensate for insufficient exposure to the English language. To meet the students' needs, data was collected in order to pinpoint the main errors made by French learners…
Descriptors: Phonology, Metalinguistics, Syntax, Oral Language
The Spoken English of Spanish-speaking Pupils in a Bilingual and Monolingual School Setting: An Analysis of Syntactic Development. Technical Report No. 40.
Ramirez, Arnulfo G. – 1974
The purposes of this study were: (1) to describe the developmental trends in the control of spoken English grammatical constructions produced by Spanish-speaking Mexican-American schoolchildren learning English in the elementary grades, and (2) on the basis of this description to assess the comparative development of English structures in pupils…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Child Language, Elementary Education