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Butler, Yuko Goto; Hakuta, Kenji – Reading Psychology, 2009
This study investigates the relationship between oral proficiency and reading proficiency in English-learning children (L2 students) and native English-speaking children (NE students). A set of oral activities measuring students' academic oral skills in science classes was developed and administered to 61 fourth graders. Both the meaning-related…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Oral Language, Second Language Learning, Program Effectiveness
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Butler, Yuko Goto; Gutierrez, Michele Bousquet – Bilingual Research Journal, 2003
Interviews with 61 fourth-grade English language learners (ELLs) and native English speakers in an English-only California school district found that compared with weaker ELL readers, ELLs who read English well expressed more confidence about their own primary-language abilities and about others' perceptions of their primary language and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Educational Environment