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Direct linkPorta, María Elsa; Ramirez, Gloria – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2020
This study examined the impact of two different interventions: Phonological Awareness PA-only versus PA, vocabulary, and Morphological Awareness (MA) on Spanish-speaking kindergarteners' language and literacy skills. We took measures on PA, vocabulary, letter-name and sound knowledge, and MA. Children in the comprehensive intervention condition…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Vocabulary Development, Phonological Awareness, Morphology (Languages)
Burrows, Lauren; Jarmulowicz, Linda; Oller, D. Kimbrough – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2019
Purpose: The objective of this study was to examine tap production by English language learners (ELLs) in kindergarten whose 1st language is Spanish. The conflicting status of tap in Spanish and English could present challenges for allophonic learning in 2nd language for ELLs. Prior research has evaluated acquisition of other allophone pairs, but…
Descriptors: Phonemes, English Language Learners, Spanish Speaking, Kindergarten
Martínez, Camila; Maurits, Natasha; Maassen, Ben – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2023
GraphoGame is a computer-based game that trains grapheme-to-phoneme associations and has been shown to benefit reading acquisition in different languages and countries. In transparent languages, such as Spanish, learning grapheme-to-phoneme associations is of great importance when learning to read, and GraphoGame can help children at risk of…
Descriptors: Intervention, Identification, Reading Difficulties, Spanish Speaking
Huang, Francis L.; Konold, Timothy R. – Language Testing, 2014
Psychometric properties of the Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening for Kindergarten (PALS-K) instrument were investigated in a sample of 2844 first-time public school kindergarteners. PALS-K is a widely used English literacy screening assessment. Exploratory factor analysis revealed a theoretically defensible measurement structure that was…
Descriptors: Phonological Awareness, Kindergarten, Literacy, Screening Tests
Raynolds, Laura B.; Uhry, Joanna K. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2010
This study compared the English spelling of native Spanish-speaking children receiving English-only instruction with monolingual native English speaking children at the end of kindergarten. In invented spelling, young bilingual children can show us how they perceive the unique sounds of English by the way they map English letters onto non-Spanish…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Invented Spelling, Phonemes, Phonology
Brice, Roanne G.; Brice, Alejandro E. – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2009
The ability to read on grade level is a fundamental skill required for children to achieve academic success. Students who are English language learners (ELLs) and/or those who have learning disabilities often find it extremely difficult to achieve at the reading expectation level. This study examines English phonemic awareness and phonic skills in…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Language Skills
Walter, Nancy – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Students entering school with little knowledge of English do not have the foundation in place to develop reading skills. This lack of foundation puts English Learners at a disadvantage that they struggle to overcome. The purpose of the quantitative study was twofold: (a) to determine whether measures of phonemic awareness are predictive of end of…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Intervention, Early Reading, Phonology
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
Pollard-Durodola, Sharolyn D.; Cedillo, Gabriela Delagarza; Denton, Carolyn A. – Bilingual Research Journal, 2004
This article describes the usage of linguistic units and instructional strategies that facilitate word recognition for Latino kindergarten students who are beginning to read in Spanish. This case study was based on coding videotaped reading and language arts instruction of two bilingual kindergarten teachers at the beginning, middle, and end of…
Descriptors: Phonemic Awareness, Beginning Reading, Teaching Methods, Reading Instruction
