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Barwasser, Anne; Urton, Karolina; Knaak, Turid; Grünke, Matthias – Insights into Learning Disabilities, 2022
The number of foreign languages spoken in Germany is rising, and as a result German is increasingly being learned as a second language (L2). This is a challenge for many secondary-school students, especially those who have learning disabilities (LD) and behavioral difficulties, which are often accompanied by reduced motivation to learn, in this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, High School Students, Second Language Learning
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Barwasser, Anne; Lenz, Bastian; Grünke, Matthias – Insights into Learning Disabilities, 2021
Students with learning and behavioral problems often face enormous barriers to successful school performance. When the language of instruction is not the students' first language and they are already in secondary school, this is compounded by additional challenges, especially with regard to vocabulary and reading -- subjects that are fundamental…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Multimedia Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness, Second Language Instruction
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Thaha Abdullateef, Shifan – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2023
EFL Learning is considered an enriching and rewarding experience for most 'normal' learners. However, for learners with neurological differences/learning disabled, it can be a stressful and unpleasant experience. Students with learning disabilities (SLD) are often mistaken for slow, behind, incapable, and failures as there is a lack of awareness…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Knaak, Turid; Grünke, Matthias; Barwasser, Anne – Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 2021
The English language plays a major role around the world, making it important to learn English in order to participate and communicate in our globalized age. Adequate foreign language (L2) skills are important for everyday life and can even enhance performance in one's first language (L1). A growing number of very heterogeneous classrooms make it…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Sight Vocabulary, Word Recognition, English (Second Language)
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Barwasser, Anne; Knaak, Turid; Grünke, Matthias – Insights into Learning Disabilities, 2020
In a globalized world, the ability to speak English has become increasingly significant. A large number of students who are learning English as foreign language face obstacles in acquiring and storing vocabulary. Children with learning disabilities are especially at risk because of a limited power of retention and motivational struggles. Having an…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Intervention, Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language)
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Alshahrani, Haya Ali – International Journal of Modern Education Studies, 2019
Vocabulary and spelling are two of the most important skills to achieve success in an academic setting. This review of 15 articles highlights classroom interventions that successfully enhanced vocabulary and spelling skills among ESL, English Only, English language learners (ELL), and learning disabled (LD) students. The strategies that enhanced…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Instructional Effectiveness
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Xin, Joy F.; L. Affrunti, Rachel – Computers in the Schools, 2019
The purpose of this study was to examine whether English language learners (ELLs) would increase their vocabulary scores in the areas of word recognition, word meaning, and word application when iPads were used during vocabulary instruction. Five third-grade ELLs, at risk of being diagnosed as having learning disabilities, participated in the…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Computer Assisted Instruction, Vocabulary Development, English Language Learners
Abdallah, Mahmoud M. S. – Online Submission, 2015
"Special education" has become a prominent field that needs some attention in pre-service teacher education programmes offered by educational and teacher training institutions (e.g. Egyptian colleges of education at university). Like normal students, students with special educational needs (e.g. physical and mental disabilities, learning…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Special Needs Students
Ukrainetz, Teresa A., Ed. – PRO-ED, Inc., 2015
"School-Age Language Intervention: Evidence-based Practices" explains how to teach the language and literacy skills, strategies, and underlying processes needed for educational success. This book brings together an array of experts to provide the latest practical and evidence-based guidance to school speech-language pathologists.…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Allied Health Personnel, Language Acquisition, Intervention
Lee, Pei-Yi – Online Submission, 2010
The Content-based Reading Approaches (COBRA) framework, constructed by Heerman (2002), was made up of the instructional goals designed for reading-learning integrations in subject matter classrooms. ELL and LD students often fail to have sufficient reading skills to succeed within their different academic subjects, consequently it is important for…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Reading Strategies, Second Language Learning, Educational Change
Stager, Phillip A. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of using flashcards to develop automaticity (rapid word recognition) with key vocabulary words and phrases in order to improve fluency and reading comprehension skills for participants with and without diagnosed learning disabilities enrolled in a high school Spanish course. Eighty-seven…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Learning Disabilities, Vocabulary Development, Word Recognition
Rivera, Mabel O.; Moughamian, Ani C.; Lesaux, Nonie K.; Francis, David J. – Center on Instruction, 2009
This publication explores issues and makes recommendations related to meeting the needs of English learners with limited language proficiency or learning disabilities, or both. The authors begin by noting the current federal policy context in which this discussion of reading instruction and interventions for English language learners (ELLs)…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Reading Instruction, Intervention
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Proctor, C. Patrick; Uccelli, Paola; Dalton, Bridget; Snow, Catherine E. – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2009
The sheer quantity of words known (breadth) is strongly predictive of reading comprehension, yet little is understood about how quality of word knowledge (depth) affects comprehension. A group of 35 bilingual and monolingual 5th-grade students worked on developing depth of knowledge of 8 words, culminating in an activity in which the students…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Oral Language, Monolingualism, Vocabulary Development
Shore, Jane R.; Sabatini, John – Educational Testing Service, 2009
The issue of identifying reading difficulties and disabilities in English language learners (ELLs) is a complex one. It is an area that draws on the diverse disciplines of first- and second-language acquisition, literacy, English language learning, and reading, including differences and disabilities research. This literature review aims to…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Elementary Secondary Education, Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency
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Barrera, Manuel – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2003
The issue of properly identifying and assessing the instructional needs of new- or second-language learners of English suspected of having a learning disability continues to plague educational practitioners. This article discusses the merging of curriculum-based measurement and dynamic assessment as a process to support appropriate prereferral…
Descriptors: Prereferral Intervention, Curriculum Based Assessment, Learning Disabilities, English (Second Language)
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