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Reading Comprehension Gains in a Differentiated Reading Intervention in Spanish Based on the Simple View
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Silva-Maceda, Gabriela; Camarillo-Salazar, Blanca Flor – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2021
This experimental study aimed to influence reading comprehension skills through the development of one or both components of the Simple View of Reading (decoding and listening comprehension), by using a differentiated instruction approach. Reading comprehension skill gains were compared in an intervention group versus a control, after the delivery…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Achievement, Achievement Gains, Reading Instruction
Emergent Literacy in Spanish-Speaking Children with Developmental Language Disorder: Preliminary Findings of Delays in Comprehension- and Code-Related Skills
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Pratt, Amy S.; Grinstead, John A.; McCauley, Rebecca J. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2020
Purpose: This exploratory study describes the emergent literacy skills of children with developmental language disorder (DLD) who speak Spanish, a language with a simple phonological structure and transparent orthography. We examine differences between children with DLD and their typically developing (TD) peers on a battery of emergent literacy…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Spanish Speaking, Monolingualism, Preschool Children
Turning Today's Students into Tomorrow's Stars. Selected Papers from the 2008 Central States Conference
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Moeller, Adeiline J., Ed.; Theiler, Janine, Ed.; Betta, Silvia, Ed. – Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, 2008
The 2008 Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, a joint conference with the Michigan World Language Association, focused on learning about the diverse backgrounds and needs of today's students and discovering new ways to help them succeed in reaching the goal of language proficiency. A wide variety of workshops and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, French
Issues in L2: Theory as Practice/Practice as Theory. Proceedings of the Delaware Symposium on Language Studies (7th, Newark, Delaware, October 1985).
Labarca, Angela, Ed.; Bailey, Leslie M., Ed. – 1990
Papers from the symposium on applied linguistics include: "Roles in the Foreign Language Classroom" (Robert J. DiPietro); "The Importance of Native Language in Light of Second-Language Studies" (Alexander Z. Guiora); "A Model of L2 Text Reconstruction: The Recall of Literary Text by Learners of German" (Elizabeth B.…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Applied Linguistics, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries