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The Unique Role of Executive Function Skills in Predicting Hong Kong Kindergarteners' Reading Comprehension
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Liu, Yingyi; Sun, Huilin; Lin, Dan; Li, Hong; Yeung, Susanna Siu-sze; Wong, Terry Tin-Yau – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2018
Background: Word reading and linguistic comprehension skills are two crucial components in reading comprehension, according to the Simple View of Reading (SVR). Some researchers have posited that a third component should be involved in reading and understanding texts, namely executive function (EF) skills. Aim: This study was novel in two ways.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Comprehension, Kindergarten, Executive Function
The Impact of Dose and Dose Frequency on Word Learning by Kindergarten Children with Developmental Language Disorder during Interactive Book Reading
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Storkel, Holly L.; Komesidou, Rouzana; Pezold, Mollee J.; Pitt, Adrienne R.; Fleming, Kandace K.; Romine, Rebecca Swineburn – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2019
Purpose: The goal was to determine whether interactive book reading outcomes for children with developmental language disorder (DLD) were affected by manipulation of dose (i.e., the number of exposures to the target word during a book reading session) and dose frequency (i.e., the number of repeated book reading sessions) and whether pretreatment…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Definitions, Developmental Disabilities, Language Impairments
The Role of SES in Chinese (L1) and English (L2) Word Reading in Chinese-Speaking Kindergarteners
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Liu, Duo; Chung, Kevin K. H.; McBride, Catherine – Journal of Research in Reading, 2016
The present study investigated the relationships between socioeconomic status (SES) and word reading in both Chinese (L1) and English (L2), with children's cognitive/linguistic skills considered as mediators and/or moderators. One hundred ninety-nine Chinese kindergarteners in Hong Kong with diverse SES backgrounds participated in this study. SES…
Descriptors: Chinese, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Effects of Individualized Word Retrieval in Kindergarten Vocabulary Intervention
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Damhuis, Carmen M. P.; Segers, Eliane; Scheltinga, Femke; Verhoeven, Ludo – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2016
We examined the effects of adaptive word retrieval intervention on a classroom vocabulary program on children's vocabulary acquisition in kindergarten. In the experimental condition, word retrieval was provided in a classroom vocabulary program, combining implicit and explicit vocabulary instructions. Children performed extra word retrieval…
Descriptors: Intervention, Vocabulary Development, Feedback (Response), Control Groups
Iterative Design and Pilot Testing of the Developing Talkers Tiered Academic Language Curriculum for Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten
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Zucker, Tricia A.; Carlo, Maria S.; Landry, Susan H.; Masood-Saleem, Saba S.; Williams, Jeffrey M.; Bhavsar, Vibhutibala – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2019
Curricula are one of the most widely used educational inputs, yet few are developed and evaluated scientifically with a dearth of programs targeting academic language. This manuscript describes an iterative approach to the development of a tiered academic language curriculum supplement for prekindergarten (pre-K) and kindergarten (K) students. A…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Preschool Education, Kindergarten, Curriculum Development
Relationships between Vocabulary Size, Working Memory, and Phonological Awareness in Spanish-Speaking English Language Learners
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Gorman, Brenda K. – American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2012
Purpose: The goals of this study were to evaluate the impact of short-term phonological awareness (PA) instruction presented in children's first language (L1; Spanish) on gains in their L1 and second language (L2; English) and to determine whether relationships exist between vocabulary size, verbal working memory, and PA in Spanish-speaking…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Phonological Awareness, Second Language Learning, Short Term Memory