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Direct linkKuo, Li-Jen; Ramirez, Gloria; de Marin, Sharon; Kim, Tae-Jin; Unal-Gezer, Melike – Educational Psychology, 2017
Existing research on the impact of bilingualism on metalinguistic development has concentrated on the development of phonological awareness. The present study extended the scope of existing research by focusing on morphological awareness, an aspect of metalinguistic awareness that becomes increasingly important beyond the initial phase of literacy…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Morphology (Languages)
Ramirez, Gloria; Chen, Xi; Pasquarella, Adrian – Topics in Language Disorders, 2013
Cross-language effects of Spanish derivational awareness on English vocabulary and reading comprehension were studied in Spanish-speaking English Language Learners (N = 90) in grades four and seven. The role of cognate vocabulary in cross-language transfer of derivational awareness was also examined. Multivariate path analyses controlling for age,…
Descriptors: Morphology (Languages), Language Skills, Spanish Speaking, English Language Learners
Deacon, S. Helene; Chen, Xi; Luo, Yang; Ramirez, Gloria – Journal of Research in Reading, 2013
We present the results of an empirical test of the hypothesis that transfer of orthographic processing to reading occurs when the scripts under acquisition are written with the same unit (specifically, the same alphabet). We tested 97 Spanish-English bilingual children in Grades 4 and 7. We measured mother's education level, verbal and nonverbal…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Spanish Speaking, English, Educational Attainment
Ramirez, Gloria; Chen, Xi; Geva, Esther; Kiefer, Heidi – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2010
This study investigated within and cross-language effects of morphological awareness on word reading among Spanish-speaking children who were English Language Learners. Participants were 97 Spanish-speaking children in grade 4 and grade 7. Morphological awareness in Spanish and in English was evaluated with two measures of derivational morphology.…
Descriptors: Spanish Speaking, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Morphology (Languages)
Chen, Xi; Ramirez, Gloria; Luo, Yang C.; Geva, Esther; Ku, Yu-Min – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2012
This study evaluated the impact of two metalinguistic factors, English derivational awareness and English-Spanish cognate awareness, and the impact of two sociocultural factors, maternal education and children's length of residence in Canada, on English Language Learners (ELLs)' vocabulary knowledge. The participants of the study were 89…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Spanish Speaking, Chinese, English (Second Language)
Pasquarella, Adrian; Chen, Xi; Lam, Katie; Luo, Yang C.; Ramirez, Gloria – Journal of Research in Reading, 2011
This study examined cross-language transfer of morphological awareness in Chinese-English bilingual children. One hundred and thirty-seven first to fourth graders participated in the study. The children were tested on parallel measures of compound awareness, vocabulary, word reading and reading comprehension in Chinese and English. They also…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Structural Equation Models, Phonological Awareness, Grade 4
