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Atwill, Kim; Blanchard, Jay; Christie, James; Gorin, Joanna S.; Garcia, Herman S. – Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 2010
Research examined the influence of native vocabulary development on cross-language transfer of phonemic awareness. Participants were Spanish-speaking kindergartners learning English in immersion classrooms. Results indicated that limited Spanish vocabulary development negatively influenced cross-language transfer of phonemic awareness to English.…
Descriptors: Phonemics, Phonemic Awareness, Vocabulary Skills, Vocabulary Development
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Atwill, Kim; Blanchard, Jay; Gorin, Joanna S.; Burstein, Karen – Journal of Educational Research, 2007
The authors investigated the influence of language proficiency on the cross-language transfer (CLT) of phonemic awareness in Spanish-speaking kindergarten students and assessed Spanish and English receptive vocabulary and phonemic awareness abilities. Correlation results indicated positive correlations between phonemic awareness across languages;…
Descriptors: Phonemes, Phonemics, Language of Instruction, Kindergarten