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Direct linkYucheng Cao; Young-Suk Grace Kim – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2025
The current study examined the relation between the amount of literacy instruction and student reading achievement (word reading and reading comprehension), using data from 927 students and their 189 teachers from Grades 1 to 3 in the US. Literacy instruction was observed once in the Fall and once in the Spring each year from two projects. We…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3
Young-Suk Grace Kim; Karen R. Harris; Rebecca Goldstone; April Camping; Steve Graham – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2025
Purpose: We conducted a randomized control trial of an instructional program, SRSD Plus, which integrates reading for writing to inform, writing, oral language, spelling and handwriting for students in Grades 1 and 2. Method: A total of 10 teachers and their 248 students in Grade 1 (n = 121) and Grade 2 (n = 127) in the southwestern part of the US…
Descriptors: Reading Writing Relationship, Reading Instruction, Writing Instruction, Grade 1
Minkyung Cho; Young-Suk Grace Kim – Grantee Submission, 2024
Examining the dimensionality of oral discourse language skills in early childhood is crucial in informing theories of language and literacy development. This study examined the factor structure of linguistic and discourse features in oral text production for second graders. A total of 330 English-speaking second graders (M[subscript age] = 7.33,…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Discourse Analysis, Language Skills, Factor Structure
Minkyung Cho; Young-Suk Grace Kim – First Language, 2024
Examining the dimensionality of oral discourse language skills in early childhood is crucial in informing theories of language and literacy development. This study examined the factor structure of linguistic and discourse features in oral text production for second graders. A total of 330 English-speaking second graders (M[subscript age]= 7.33,…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Discourse Analysis, Language Skills, Factor Structure
Download full textYoung-Suk Grace Kim – Grantee Submission, 2023
We examined the dimensionality of oral discourse skills (comprehension and retell of texts) and the relations of language and cognitive skills to the identified dimensions. Data were from 529 English-speaking second graders (M[subscript age] = 7.42; 46% female; 52.6% Whites, 33.8% African Americans, 4.9% Hispanics, 4.7% two or more races, 0.8%…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Communication Skills, Language Skills, Thinking Skills
Young-Suk Grace Kim – Child Development, 2023
We examined the dimensionality of oral discourse skills (comprehension and retell of texts) and the relations of language and cognitive skills to the identified dimensions. Data were from 529 English-speaking second graders (M[subscript age] = 7.42; 46% female; 52.6% Whites, 33.8% African Americans, 4.9% Hispanics, 4.7% two or more races, 0.8%…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Communication Skills, Language Skills, Thinking Skills
Youngsun Moon; Young-Suk Grace Kim – Grantee Submission, 2024
The current study examined the potentially changing relations of vocabulary knowledge and attentional control with word reading and spelling from Grade 2 to Grade 4. Spelling was scored using a conventional correctness score and an alternative nonbinary scoring method that reflects the degree of correctness (i.e., text distance). A total of 165…
Descriptors: Vocabulary, Attention Span, Sight Method, Spelling
Young-Suk Grace Kim; Yaacov Petscher – Reading Research Quarterly, 2023
It is widely recognized that individuals with dyslexia have difficulties with word reading and spelling, and individuals with reading comprehension difficulties have low vocabulary knowledge. However, little is known about the extent to which spelling and vocabulary are informative of reading difficulties. In the present study, we investigated…
Descriptors: Spelling, Vocabulary Skills, Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties
Young-Suk Grace Kim; Callie Little; Yaacov Petscher; Christian Vorstius – Grantee Submission, 2022
Eye movements provide a sensitive window into cognitive processing during reading. In the present study, we investigated beginning readers' longitudinal changes in temporal and spatial measures of eye movements during oral versus silent reading, the extent to which variation in eye movements is attributable to individual differences and text…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Beginning Reading, Oral Reading, Silent Reading
Alissa Patricia Wolters; Young-Suk Grace Kim – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2024
Purpose: There is limited research on the writing of young Spanish-English bilinguals and their writing in both languages. In the current study, we addressed whether written syntax features differed by language (English and Spanish) and varied as a function of grade level, English learner status, and instructional program (dual or English…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Written Language, Spanish, English (Second Language)
Minkyung Cho; Young-Suk Grace Kim – Grantee Submission, 2023
Purpose: Children's ability to adjust one's language according to discourse context is important for success in academic settings. This study examined whether second graders vary in linguistic and discourse features depending on discourse contexts, that is, when describing pictures in contextualized (describing the picture to an examiner while…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Student Adjustment, Grade 2, Discourse Analysis
Minkyung Cho; Young-Suk Grace Kim – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2023
Purpose: Children's ability to adjust one's language according to discourse context is important for success in academic settings. This study examined whether second graders vary in linguistic and discourse features depending on discourse contexts, that is, when describing pictures in contextualized (describing the picture to an examiner while…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Student Adjustment, Grade 2, Discourse Analysis
