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Direct linkMirza, Amna; Gottardo, Alexandra; Chen, Xi – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2017
The present study examined the language and literacy skills and their relations to each other in multilingual children, who have a broad range of oral and written language proficiency in each language that they "know". Reading and vocabulary skills were tested in 50 Canadian children (ages 6-10 years) who were Urdu-English speakers,…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, English (Second Language), Urdu, Semitic Languages
Jia, Fanli; Gottardo, Alexandra; Chen, Xi; Koh, Pohwee; Pasquarella, Adrian – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2016
The main focus of this study was to refine our understanding of the link between English proficiency and mainstream acculturation in adolescent Chinese immigrants. The sample consisted of 112 adolescents in grades 7-12 living in urban areas in southern Ontario, Canada. English proficiency was assessed individually using standardised tests of…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Immigrants, Acculturation
Grant, Amy; Wilson, Alexander M.; Gottardo, Alexandra – Exceptionality Education Canada, 2007
Exposure to print is a significant predictor of vocabulary growth and declarative knowledge in normally achieving readers (Stanovich, West, & Harrison, 1995). Research has also shown that initial differences in print exposure can be used to predict differences in reading comprehension in children studied ten years after initial assessment…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Learning Disabilities, Reading Comprehension, Reading Skills
