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Wofford, Mary Claire; Wood, Carla L. – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2019
Oral narrative retells are rich sources of information for language development. Investigators collected English-language oral narrative retells during the fall and spring from 65 Spanish-English-speaking dual language learners (DLL) in kindergarten and first grade. Investigators examined transcripts of oral narratives for (a) inclusion and…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Grammar, Verbs, Bilingualism
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Dixon, L. Quentin; Zhao, Jing; Joshi, R. Malatesha – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2012
The present study examined the influence of Singapore Colloquial English (SCE) on Standard English word spelling through a plural formation task of four words ("man", "tooth", "dress" and "child") among 168 Singaporean bilingual children with Chinese background. It was found that "dropping the…
Descriptors: Standard Spoken Usage, Spelling, Speech, Oral Language
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Chou, Li-hua; Hayes, Denis Michael – English Language Teaching, 2009
This study systematically investigates the English writing research in Taiwan, over the span of time from 1989 to 2008, a 19-year time period. Data collection consisted of five major sources. Guided by Juzwik et al's (2006) study, the data were analyzed based on the general problems under investigated, the age groups being researched, the…
Descriptors: Writing Research, Elementary School Students, High School Students, College Students