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The Relationship between Receptive Vocabulary and Word and Nonword Reading Skills in Monolingual and Language Minority Bilingual Children in Italy across Primary School Grades
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Valentina Persici; Tamara Bastianello; Erika Hoff; Marinella Majorano – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2025
The role of children's receptive vocabulary knowledge in word and nonword reading (decoding) in an orthographically transparent language is debated. Moreover, we have little understanding of how the role of vocabulary might differ between monolingual children and bilingual children from immigrant families (or language minority bilingual children…
Descriptors: Receptive Language, Vocabulary Development, Reading Skills, Monolingualism
Intentional and Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition through Multi-Component Storytelling: The Case of German L2 Primary School Students
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Anne Barwasser; Karolina Urton; Turid Knaak; Matthias Grünke – Language Teaching Research, 2024
The increasing number of students with German as a second language (GL2) poses a great challenge for schools. Previous studies showed that especially young learners with a migration background are lagging behind in the acquisition of second language (L2) literacy. Experiencing problem behaviors (PB) in addition, might pose even greater challenges.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Grade 4