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Direct linkWolter, Julie A.; Gibson, Frances E.; Slocum, Timothy A. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2020
Purpose: The purpose of this feasibility study was to investigate an early dynamic measure of morphological awareness (MA) involving graduated prompts to measure early MA skill and determine whether this task relates to and predicts performance on other language and/or literacy measures in first-grade children with language abilities typically…
Descriptors: Morphology (Languages), Metalinguistics, Literacy, Grade 1
Smith, Jodie; Levickis, Penny; Neilson, Roslyn; Mensah, Fiona; Goldfeld, Sharon; Bryson, Hannah – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2021
Background: Early reading success is predicated on language and pre-literacy skills. Children who are behind their peers in language and pre-literacy development before formal schooling are less likely to be proficient beginner readers, and difficulties may persist throughout primary school and beyond. We know children experiencing adversity are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Literacy, At Risk Persons
Botting, Nicola – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2020
Background: There is limited evidence concerning the longer term language, literacy and cognitive skills of young adults with developmental language disorder (DLD). Studies that exist suggest continuing difficulties with language and reading, but abilities may change over time. Aims: This study aimed to examine the language, literacy and cognitive…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Literacy, Language Skills, Intelligence
Kargiotidis, Apostolos; Grigorakis, Ioannis; Mouzaki, Angeliki; Manolitsis, George – Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 2021
The present study examined oral language growth differences in a sample of 256 Greek-speaking children with and without literacy difficulties (LD), during the first two elementary grades. Measures of vocabulary, phonological awareness (PA), morphological awareness (MA), and rapid automatized naming (RAN) were administered in both grades for the…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Vocabulary Development, Elementary School Teachers, Phonological Awareness
Fiestas, Christine E.; Lugo-Neris, Mirza J.; Pratt, Amy S.; Peña, Elizabeth D.; Bedore, Lisa M. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2021
This pilot study evaluates the feasibility of an integrated intervention titled "Language and Literacy Together" developed to target semantic and narrative skills in bilingual children at risk for developmental language disorder (DLD). Thirteen first-grade bilingual children who scored in the risk range for DLD on the Bilingual English…
Descriptors: Spanish, Language Impairments, Transfer of Training, Literacy
Rhoad-Drogalis, Anna; Sawyer, Brook E.; Justice, Laura M.; O'Connell, Ann A. – Early Education and Development, 2018
Research Findings: This study reports on the dimensionality and validation of the Preschool Learning Behaviors Scale (PLBS) for use in a sample of preschool children in early childhood special education classrooms. The PLBS is a teacher-report instrument that characterizes children's approaches to learning. The sample included 600 preschool-age…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Children, Special Education, Student Behavior
Download full textAlsowat, Hamad H. – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
This systematic review study sought to examine the teaching of English language skills in Saudi Arabia by systematically analyzing the previous studies on language skills which were published within the past ten years and identify the research areas to be bridged in the future. The study employed the systematic review approach. The search strategy…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
Pan, Jinger; Kong, Yan; Song, Shuang; McBride, Catherine; Liu, Hongyun; Shu, Hua – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2017
Previous research on the longitudinal prediction of literacy development has focused mainly on the relationship between early cognitive/language skills and late literacy skills. The present study aimed to test the reliability of a number of measures reported by parents as compared to measuring cognitive and language skills in predicting subsequent…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Socioeconomic Status, Children, Language Skills
Safford, Kimberly – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2016
The research examined the impact on teachers of the grammar element of a new statutory test in Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPaG) in primary schools in England. The research aimed to evaluate the nature and the extent of changes to the teaching of grammar and to wider literacy teaching since the introduction of the test in 2013. The research…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Grammar, Language Tests, Interviews
Keh, Melissa Latham – CATESOL Journal, 2019
Assessing English learners (ELs) in US schools is challenging because many widely used assessments have not been designed with ELs in mind. Yet if teachers are sensitive to how ELs may perform differently from native speakers on such assessments, these assessments reveal useful information about ELs' language and literacy skills. This mixed-method…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Testing
Guzman-Orth, Danielle; Lopez, Alexis A.; Tolentino, Florencia – ETS Research Report Series, 2017
Dual language learners (DLLs) and the various educational programs that serve them are increasing in number across the country. This framework lays out a conceptual approach for dual language assessment tasks designed to measure the language and literacy skills of young DLLs entering kindergarten in the United States. Although our examples focus…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Second Language Learning, English Language Learners, Spanish Speaking
Bowyer-Crane, Claudine; Fricke, Silke; Schaefer, Blanca; Lervåg, Arne; Hulme, Charles – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2017
Many children learning English as an additional language (EAL) show reading comprehension difficulties despite adequate decoding. However, the relationship between early language and reading comprehension in this group is not fully understood. The language and literacy skills of 80 children learning English from diverse language backgrounds and 80…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Reading Comprehension
The Role of Prek Spanish in Predicting First Grade English Word Reading among Dual Language Learners
Mesa, Carol; Yeomans-Maldonado, Gloria – Grantee Submission, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of the current study was to examine the role that the first language (L1), Spanish, at Pre-Kindergarten plays in predicting second language (L2), English, word reading in first grade. In addition, it examines the role of conceptual vocabulary in predicting word reading in English. Method: As part of a longitudinal study of…
Descriptors: Spanish, Native Language, Preschool Education, Language Role
Snowling, Margaret J.; Duff, Fiona J.; Nash, Hannah M.; Hulme, Charles – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2016
Background: Children with language impairment (LI) show heterogeneity in development. We tracked children from pre-school to middle childhood to characterize three developmental trajectories: resolving, persisting and emerging LI. Methods: We analyzed data from children identified as having preschool LI, or being at family risk of dyslexia,…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Child Development, Developmental Stages, At Risk Persons
Rodriguez, Barbara L.; Guiberson, Mark – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2011
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between a teacher report measure, the Teacher Rating of Oral Language and Literacy (TROLL; Dickinson et al. in "Teacher rating of oral language and literacy (TROLL): a research-based tool." Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,…
Descriptors: Rating Scales, Language Tests, Preschool Teachers, Preschool Children
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