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Currie, Nicola K.; Francey, Gillian; Davies, Robert; Gray, Shelley; Bridges, Mindy S.; Restrepo, Maria Adelaida; Thompson, Marilyn S.; Ciraolo, Margeaux F.; Hu, Jinxiang; Cain, Kate – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2021
We examined sixth graders' detection of inconsistencies in narrative and expository passages, contrasting participants who were monolingual speakers (N = 85) or Spanish-English DLLs (N = 94) when recruited in pre-kindergarten (PK). We recorded self-paced reading times and judgments about whether the text made sense, and took an independent measure…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 6, Reading Comprehension, Reading Processes
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Adams, Ashley M.; Glenberg, Arthur M.; Restrepo, Ma Adelaida – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2018
Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of an English-only version and a Spanish-support version of an embodied reading comprehension intervention (Moved by Reading) consisting of 3 stages (physical manipulation, imagined manipulation, and transfer) for Spanish-English dual language learners. Method: Sixty-one dual…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Intervention, Spanish Speaking, Bilingual Students
Fierro, Ana V. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This qualitative study explored multimodal biliteracy found in the Arizona-Sonora borderland, a region thriving with linguistic and cultural diversity despite having an English-only policy. According to Reyes (2012) biliteracy is to think, speak, read, and write in two or more languages, and there are various modes for reading and writing in the…
Descriptors: Multiple Literacies, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Spanish