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Grolig, Lorenz; Cohrdes, Caroline; Tiffin-Richards, Simon P.; Schroeder, Sascha – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2019
The development of preschoolers' language skills is influenced by literacy environments and individual differences in storybook exposure. Extant research is limited as most studies (a) investigate the effects on lower level language (LLL; e.g., vocabulary, grammar), but not the effects on higher level language (HLL; e.g., comprehension monitoring,…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Language Skills, Childrens Literature, Family Environment
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Milton, James; Meara, Paul – Language Learning Journal, 1998
Examined the foreign-language-learning abilities of 14- to 15-year olds in Britain, Germany, and Greece. Comparison of results from tests of students' foreign vocabulary knowledge indicated that British students had only one-third to one-half of the foreign language vocabulary knowledge of Greek and German students. They also spent less time…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries