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Barnes, Adrienne E.; Kim, Young-Suk; Phillips, Beth M. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2014
The present study explored the types and frequency of literate language features in children's narratives, and the relation of literate language and proper character introduction to children's oral language skills in a sample of 184 prekindergarten, kindergarten, and first grade students from high-poverty schools. Using hierarchical regression,…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Language Skills, Preschool Children, Kindergarten
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Kim, Young-Suk; Al Otaiba, Stephanie; Puranik, Cynthia; Folsom, Jessica Sidler; Greulich, Luana; Wagner, Richard K. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2011
The present study examined the components of end of kindergarten writing, using data from 242 kindergartners. Specifically of interest was the importance of spelling, letter writing fluency, reading, and word- and syntax-level oral language skills in writing. The results from structural equation modeling revealed that oral language, spelling, and…
Descriptors: Letters (Correspondence), Beginning Writing, Spelling, Structural Equation Models
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Kim, Young-Suk – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
We investigated the relations of L2 (i.e., English) oral reading fluency, silent reading fluency, word reading automaticity, oral language skills, and L1 literacy skills (i.e., Spanish) to L2 reading comprehension for Spanish-speaking English language learners in the first grade (N = 150). An analysis was conducted for the entire sample as well as…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Literacy, Speech Communication, Second Language Learning