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Zaretsky, Elena – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2020
The role of verbal working memory (VWM) in early language and literacy development among typical and atypical monolingual children exposed to different orthographies is well established. Less is known how English Language Learners (ELLs) allocate their VWM resources in early stages of literacy acquisition in English (L2). This study examined the…
Descriptors: Verbal Ability, Short Term Memory, Emergent Literacy, Kindergarten
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Keh, Melissa Latham – CATESOL Journal, 2019
Assessing English learners (ELs) in US schools is challenging because many widely used assessments have not been designed with ELs in mind. Yet if teachers are sensitive to how ELs may perform differently from native speakers on such assessments, these assessments reveal useful information about ELs' language and literacy skills. This mixed-method…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Testing