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Mariana Mejia Turnbull; Brett A. Martin; Michelle MacRoy-Higgins – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2024
The purpose of this study was to investigate which of the available Spanish sentence tests U.S. audiologists currently utilize to evaluate Spanish-speaking cochlear implant candidates. An online questionnaire was created and distributed nationwide. A total of 25 audiologists reported using the Spanish HINT and Spanish AzBio. Limitations regarding…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Hearing Impairments, Auditory Evaluation, Spanish
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Daniela Avelar; Adriana Weisleder; Roberta Michnick Golinkoff – Early Education and Development, 2025
Research Findings: Shared book reading is important for children's early literacy development. Although there is an increasing number of dual language learners, few studies have examined families' shared book reading practices in their two languages. The current study examined Hispanic parents' beliefs and practices during shared reading in…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Hispanic Americans, Parent Attitudes, Spanish Speaking
Office of English Language Acquisition, US Department of Education, 2015
The Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) has synthesized key data on English learners (ELs) into two-page PDF sheets, by topic, with graphics, plus key contacts. The topics for this report on languages spoken by English learners (ELs) are: (1) Twenty most common EL languages, as reported in states' top five lists: SY 2013-14; (2) States,…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Geographic Location, Language Usage, Spanish
Office of English Language Acquisition, US Department of Education, 2015
The Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) has synthesized key data on English learners (ELs) into two-page PDF sheets, by topic, with graphics, plus key contacts. The topics for this report on English learners include: (1) Top 20 EL languages, as reported in states' top five lists: SY 2011-12; (2) States, including DC, with 80 percent or…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Geographic Location, Language Usage, Spanish
Pandya, Chhandasi; McHugh, Margie; Batalova, Jeanne – Migration Policy Institute, 2011
The number of US residents who are deemed to be Limited English Proficient (LEP) has increased substantially in recent decades, consistent with the growth in the US foreign-born population. While many LEP individuals are still attracted to the historic immigrant-destination states of California, Texas, New York, New Jersey, Florida, and Illinois,…
Descriptors: Linguistics, Limited English Speaking, Immigrants, Spanish
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Flores, Alina L.; Prue, Christine E.; Panissidi, Paula – Health Education Journal, 2010
Objective: This article presents the results of testing draft folic acid educational materials with key gatekeepers, leading to the development of a Spanish-language print advertisement, poster, and radio public service announcement (PSA) aimed at promoting folic acid consumption among 18- to 25-year-old young Latina adults, as well as a…
Descriptors: Health Education, Health Promotion, Nutrition, Instructional Materials
Looney, Dennis; Lusin, Natalia – Modern Language Association, 2019
Total enrollments (undergraduate and graduate) in languages other than English dropped by 9.2% between fall 2013 and fall 2016, as reported in the Modern Language Association's twenty-fifth language enrollment census. Despite the overall drop, there were gains in nearly half of all language programs (45.5%) that mitigate somewhat the downward…
Descriptors: Language Enrollment, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Undergraduate Students
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2007
Success for All (SFA) is a comprehensive reading, writing, and oral language development program for students in pre-K through eighth grade. Its underlying premise is that all children, including those with limited English proficiency, can and should be reading in English at grade level by the end of third grade. (SFA can impact Spanish literacy…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Tutoring, Reading Achievement, Parent Participation
State Univ. of New York, Albany. – 1976
This report of a New York State conference on bilingual education in colleges and universities contains opening remarks, keynote addresses, papers, and workshop summaries. Opening remarks were made by Carmen Ana Perez, Emmett Fields, and Lewis P. Welch. Keynote addresses included "Bilingual Education at Hostos Community College" by…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Community Colleges, Conference Reports, Educational Policy