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Herbert, Katherine E. D.; Massey-Garrison, Angela; Geva, Esther – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2020
This longitudinal study examined story-writing development of students from Grade 4 to Grade 6, comparing the developmental trajectories of English as a first language (EL1s; n = 43) and English learners (ELs; n = 108) in general, and in groups of EL1s and ELs with typically developing and poor reader profiles. In relation to their EL1 or EL…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Story Telling
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Farnia, Fataneh; Geva, Esther – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2019
Research involving monolinguals has demonstrated that language impairment can be noticed in the early years and tends to persist into adolescence. More recently, research has begun to address the challenges of identifying and treating Developmental Language Disorders (DLD) in English Language Learners (ELLs). Developmental patterns of DLD are not…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Developmental Disabilities, Monolingualism, English
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Geva, Esther; Massey-Garrison, Angela – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2013
The overall objective of this article is to examine how oral language abilities relate to reading profiles in English language learners (ELLs) and English as a first language (EL1) learners, and the extent of similarities and differences between ELLs and EL1s in three reading subgroups: normal readers, poor decoders, and poor comprehenders. The…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Language Skills, English Language Learners, Decoding (Reading)