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Luo, Dehong; Gong, Jing – SAGE Open, 2022
Home language (HL) effects on academic language literacy have been extensively discussed. However, previous research has mostly focused on Indo--European languages. This study extends the literature by using data (n = 17,600) collected in a diversified language area: Guangxi, China. We examined the effects of four HLs and four socioeconomic…
Descriptors: Native Language, Academic Language, Literacy, Socioeconomic Influences
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Hauger, Jeffrey B.; Sireci, Stephen G. – International Journal of Testing, 2008
In this study, we examined the presence of differential item functioning (DIF) among groups of students who were tested in their native language or in a different language when participating in the 1999 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study. Data from 18,837 examinees from three countries (Singapore, United States, and Iran) were…
Descriptors: Test Bias, Language Dominance, Second Languages, Language Proficiency
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van Gelderen, Amos; Schoonen, Rob; Stoel, Reinoud; de Glopper, Kees; Hulstijn, Jan – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2007
This study investigated the relationship between reading comprehension development of 389 adolescents in their dominant language (Language 1 [L1], Dutch) and a foreign language (Language 2 [L2], English). In each consecutive year from Grades 8 through 10, a number of measurements were taken. Students' reading comprehension, their linguistic…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Word Recognition, Sentences, Metacognition