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Exploring Assessment Demands and Task Supports in Early Childhood Phonological Awareness Assessments
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Direct linkCassano, Christina M.; Steiner, Lilly – Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice, 2016
Phonological awareness is assessed in various ways in both research studies and early childhood classrooms. The measures used to assess phonological awareness are related closely, although they differ in the linguistic unit used (e.g., word, syllable, onset-rime, or phoneme), the position of the linguistic unit (e.g., initial, medial, final), the…
Descriptors: Phonological Awareness, Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Linguistics
Jones, Alexander Harris – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2016
This paper critiques discourse surrounding language learning strategies within Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) and argues for the creation of new definitions of language learning strategies that are rooted in the socio-political and socio-economic contexts of the marginalized. Section one of this paper describes linguistic…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, English (Second Language), English Instruction, Linguistic Theory
Rau, Anne K.; Moll, Kristina; Moeller, Korbinian; Huber, Stefan; Snowling, Margaret J.; Landerl, Karin – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2016
The current study compared eye fixation patterns during word and sentence processing in a consistent and an inconsistent alphabetic orthography. German and English children as well as adults matched on word reading ability read matched sentences while their eye fixation behavior was recorded. Results indicated that German children read in a more…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Reading Processes, Word Recognition, Sentences
Sauerland, Uli; Grohmann, Kleanthes K.; Guasti, Maria Teresa; Andelkovic, Darinka; Argus, Reili; Armon-Lotem, Sharon; Arosio, Fabrizio; Avram, Larisa; Costa, João; Dabašinskiene, Ineta; de López, Kristine; Gatt, Daniela; Grech, Helen; Haman, Ewa; van Hout, Angeliek; Hrzica, Gordana; Kainhofer, Judith; Kamandulyte-Merfeldiene, Laura; Kunnari, Sari; Kovacevic, Melita; Kuvac Kraljevic, Jelena; Lipowska, Katarzyna; Mejias, Sandrine; Popovic, Maša; Ruzaite, Jurate; Savic, Maja; Sevcenco, Anca; Varlokosta, Spyridoula; Varnava, Marina; Yatsushiro, Kazuko – First Language, 2016
The comprehension of constituent questions is an important topic for language acquisition research and for applications in the diagnosis of language impairment. This article presents the results of a study investigating the comprehension of different types of questions by 5-year-old, typically developing children across 19 European countries, 18…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Questioning Techniques, Preschool Children, Language Acquisition
Wiley, Terrence G.; García, Ofelia – Modern Language Journal, 2016
This article considers the relevance of language policy and planning (LPP) for language education in the United States in relation to the country's longstanding and continuing multilingualism. In reflecting on the U.S. context, one striking feature is the absence of a guiding overarching explicit national educational language policy. Language…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, National Security
Download full textSkorikova, Tatyana Petrovna; Khromova, Sergey Sergeevich; Dneprovskaya, Natalia Vitalievna – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
Modern level of informational technologies development allows the authors of educational courses to decrease their dependence from technical specialists and to independently develop distance-learning courses and their separate online components, which require special methodical learning. The aim of present study is to develop a distance-learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Scientific and Technical Information, Business Communication
Lev-Ari, Shiri – Cognitive Science, 2016
People differ in the size of their social network, and thus in the properties of the linguistic input they receive. This article examines whether differences in social network size influence individuals' linguistic skills in their native language, focusing on global comprehension of evaluative language. Study 1 exploits the natural variation in…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Semantics, Language Processing, Dining Facilities
Barrett, Neil E.; Liu, Gi-Zen – Review of Educational Research, 2016
English has become the de facto language for communication in academia in many parts of the world, but English language learners often lack the language resources to make effective oral academic presentations. However, English for academic purposes (EAP) research is beginning to provide valuable insights into this emerging field. This literature…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Speech Communication, Educational Research, Linguistics
Prevost, Luanna B.; Smith, Michelle K.; Knight, Jennifer K. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2016
Previous work has shown that students have persistent difficulties in understanding how central dogma processes can be affected by a stop codon mutation. To explore these difficulties, we modified two multiple-choice questions from the Genetics Concept Assessment into three open-ended questions that asked students to write about how a stop codon…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Genetics, Scientific Concepts, Scoring
Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J. – Journal of Educational Issues, 2016
In this article, I provide a typology of transition words/phrases. This typology comprises 12 dimensions of link words/phrases that capture 277 link words/phrases. Using QDA Miner, WordStat, and SPSS--a computer-assisted mixed methods data analysis software, content analysis software, and statistical software, respectively--I analyzed 74…
Descriptors: Classification, Data Analysis, Computational Linguistics, Content Analysis
De Houwer, Annick; Bornstein, Marc H. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2016
An important aspect of Family Language Policy in bilingual families is parental language choice. Little is known about the continuity in parental language choice and the factors affecting it. This longitudinal study explores maternal language choice over time. Thirty-one bilingual mothers provided reports of what language(s) they spoke with their…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Family Environment, Parent Child Relationship, Video Technology
Acheson, Kris; Taylor, Justin; Luna, Kera – Modern Language Journal, 2016
An area of research that may shed light on the pressing problem of FL teacher attrition is emotion labor. Emotion labor (or emotional labour), a construct stemming from research in the fields of communication and psychology and focusing mainly on service professionals, has recently been taken up in education literature. Although student emotions…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Interviews, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
Harjunpää, Katariina; Mäkilähde, Aleksi – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2016
One of the most studied forms of multilingual language use is "code-switching," the use of more than one language within a speech exchange. Some forms of code-switching may also be regarded as instances of "translation," but the relation between these notions in studies of multilingual discourse remains underspecified. The…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Translation, Multilingualism, Drama
Xue, Yuan – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Over the past few years, the growth of Internet and web services has produced a large amount of web data. A majority of them is in the form of text such as social media messages and online news articles. Web text data presents tremendous opportunity for business and social science research. It can provide critical intelligence to company…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Social Media, News Reporting, Business
Craig, Holly K. – Routledge Research in Education, 2016
Many African American children make use of African American English (AAE) in their everyday lives, and face academic barriers when introduced to Standard American English (SAE) in the classroom. Research has shown that students who can adapt and use SAE for academic purposes demonstrate significantly better test scores than their less adaptable…
Descriptors: African American Students, Black Dialects, Language Usage, Barriers
