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Bi-Literacy and Motivation as Predictors of Bilingual Students' Talk during Classroom Discussion
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Griskell, Holly L.; Gámez, Perla B.; Lesaux, Nonie K. – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2022
This study investigated the relations between bilingual students' amount of talk during classroom discussion, motivation, and self-reported bi-literacy skills (i.e. reading, writing skills in their native and school languages). Sixth-grade Spanish-English bilinguals in the United States (N = 121; M age = 12.119 years old; SD = 0.358) reported on…
Descriptors: Literacy, Bilingualism, Classroom Communication, Student Participation
Early-Adolescent Dual Language Learners' Reading Comprehension: Influences of Teacher Questions and Language Efficacy
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Griskell, Holly L.; Gámez, Perla B. – Developmental Psychology, 2023
This study examined the relation between middle school Dual Language Learners' (DLLs'; N = 413; M age = 11.66 years old; 87.1% Latino; female = 234, male = 179) reading comprehension skills and their teachers' (N = 32; M age = 36.53 years; 81.3% Caucasian; female = 27, male = 5) questioning practices across the school year. This study also…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Reading Comprehension, Questioning Techniques, Correlation
Do Reading Comprehension Assessment Tests Result in the Same Reading Profile? A Study of Spanish Primary School Children
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Calet, Nuria; López-Reyes, Rocío; Jiménez-Fernández, Gracia – Journal of Research in Reading, 2020
Background: Detecting reading comprehension difficulties is challenging because many factors are involved in comprehension ability. Various reading comprehension tests can be used to detect difficulties but often do not yield the same results. Method: Our aim was to analyse the agreement between three commonly used standardised reading…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties, Nonverbal Ability, Reading Tests
Exploring the Role of English Only Early Childhood Education Participation for Spanish Speaking Multilingual Learners' Long-Term Academic Outcomes
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Jennifer Moore Vice-Reshel – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this study was to investigate Spanish-speaking multilingual learner (MLL) students' long-term academic outcomes after participation in an early childhood education (ECE) program with English instruction. The study included 359 Spanish-speaking MLLs who qualified for Free and Reduced Lunch from Grade 1 to Grade 6. Participants…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Grade 2
Toward Biliteracy: Unpacking the Contribution of Mid-Adolescent Dual Language Learners' Spanish and English Academic Language Skills to English Reading Comprehension
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Aguilar, Gladys; Uccelli, Paola; Galloway, Emily Phillips – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2020
Academic language skills support mid-adolescents' comprehension of the language of school texts. To date, scarce research has explored associations between dual academic language skills and reading comprehension among mid-adolescent dual language immersion (DLI) students. This study examined individual differences in Spanish and English academic…
Descriptors: Literacy, Bilingualism, Spanish, English (Second Language)
The Contribution of Vocabulary Knowledge and Semantic Orthographic Fluency to Text Quality through Elementary School in Catalan
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Castillo, Cristina; Tolchinsky, Liliana – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2018
Building a text is a multidimensional endeavor. Writers must work simultaneously on the content of the text, its discursive organization, the structure of the sentences, and the individual words themselves. Knowledge of vocabulary is central to this endeavor. This study intends (1) to trace the development of writer's vocabulary depth, their…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Romance Languages, Language Fluency, Semantics