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The Effects of Developing English Language and Literacy on Spanish Reading Comprehension
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Spies, Tracy G.; Lara-Alecio, Rafael; Tong, Fuhui; Irby, Beverly J.; Garza, Tiberio; Huerta, Margarita – Journal of Educational Research, 2018
In this longitudinal study, the cross-language transfer from second language (L2) to first language (L1) was examined among Spanish-speaking English-language learners in an English intervention (Grades 1-3) in the southwest United States. Path analysis revealed statistically significant transfers (ps < 0.05) for the treatment group from English…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Literacy, Longitudinal Studies, English Language Learners
Teachers' Pedagogical Differences during ESL Block among Bilingual and English-Immersion Kindergarten Classrooms in a Randomized Trial Study
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Lara-Alecio, Rafael; Tong, Fuhui; Irby, Beverly J.; Mathes, Patricia – Bilingual Research Journal, 2009
Using a low-inference observational instrument, the authors empirically described and compared pedagogical behaviors in bilingual and structured English-immersion programs serving Spanish-speaking English language learners in a large urban school district in Southeast Texas. The two programs included both intervention/control of each type during…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Immersion Programs, Bilingual Education, Second Language Learning
English and Spanish Acquisition by Hispanic Second Graders in Developmental Bilingual Programs: A 3-Year Longitudinal Randomized Study
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Tong, Fuhui; Irby, Beverly J.; Lara-Alecio, Rafael; Mathes, Patricia G. – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2008
The authors studied a longitudinal English intervention in a 70/30 (Spanish/ English) developmental bilingual education (DBE) program (n = 302) and compared this model with a typical-practice, 80/20, late-exit transitional bilingual education program (n = 187) in terms of students' language and literacy acquisition from kindergarten to second…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Reading Comprehension, Reading Fluency, Bilingual Education
An Analysis of a Public School Prekindergarten Bilingual Montessori Program.
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Rodriguez, Linda; Irby, Beverly J.; Brown, Genevieve; Lara-Alecio, Rafael; Galloway, Martha – 2003
This study analyzed a public school prekindergarten Montessori bilingual program, investigating second grade reading achievement scores on Spanish and English norm-referenced tests and comparing students who had participated in the Montessori program with those who had participated in a prekindergarten traditional bilingual program. Participants…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education