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Pollard-Durodola, Sharolyn D.; Mathes, Patricia G.; Vaughn, Sharon; Cardenas-Hagan, Elsa; Linan-Thompson, Sylvia – Topics in Language Disorders, 2006
Components of first-grade intervention programs that addressed oral language and listening comprehension instruction within an intensive literacy intervention for native Spanish-speaking students struggling with reading difficulties are described. Findings for the intervention are based on 4 large-scale experimental studies (published elsewhere)…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Grade 1, Reading Difficulties
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Vaughn, Sharon; Cirino, Paul T.; Linan-Thompson, Sylvia; Mathes, Patricia G.; Carlson, Coleen D.; Hagan, Eisa Cardenas; Pollard-Durodola, Sharolyn D.; Fletcher, Jack M.; Francis, David J. – American Educational Research Journal, 2006
Two studies of Grade 1 reading interventions for English-language (EL) learners at risk for reading problems were conducted. Two samples of EL students were randomly assigned to a treatment or untreated comparison group on the basis of their language of instruction for core reading (i.e., Spanish or English). In all, 91 students completed the…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Intervention, Spanish, English (Second Language)
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Vaughn, Sharon; Linan-Thompson, Sylvia; Mathes, Patricia G.; Cirino, Paul T.; Carlson, Coleen D.; Pollard-Durodola, Sharolyn D.; Cardenas-Hagan, Elsa; Francis, David J. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2006
The effectiveness of an explicit, systematic reading intervention for first-grade students whose home language was Spanish and who were at risk for reading difficulties was examined. Participants were 69 students in 20 classrooms in 7 schools from 3 districts who initially did not pass the screening in Spanish and were randomly assigned within…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Reading Difficulties, Reading Skills, Language of Instruction