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Direct linkAnne Barwasser; Karolina Urton; Turid Knaak; Matthias Grünke – Language Teaching Research, 2024
The increasing number of students with German as a second language (GL2) poses a great challenge for schools. Previous studies showed that especially young learners with a migration background are lagging behind in the acquisition of second language (L2) literacy. Experiencing problem behaviors (PB) in addition, might pose even greater challenges.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Grade 4
Karousou, Alexandra; Nerantzaki, Theodora – Second Language Research, 2022
Recent studies highlight the important contribution of phonological working memory (PM) in the early stages of both native and foreign language development. However, research on the effects of PM training on language development is very limited. This study aimed at assessing the effectiveness of a PM training educational intervention as a means of…
Descriptors: Memory, Phonology, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Valenzuela, Vanessa Valeria – ProQuest LLC, 2022
It is well-documented that there is a strong relationship between vocabulary and reading comprehension in school-age children. Limited vocabulary knowledge can impact a student's reading achievement, as may be the case for school-age English Learners (ELs). This study aims to analyze the role of vocabulary in predicting reading comprehension…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Lin, Tzu-Jung; Chen, Jing; Lu, Monica; Sun, Jing; Purtell, Kelly; Ansari, Arya; Justice, Laura – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2023
The purpose of this study was to examine how classroom language contexts characterized by peer language skills and proportions of dual language learners (DLL) influenced English language development for DLL and non-DLL children. Participants were 2,131 children from 135 classrooms across preschool through Grade 3. Children were classified into…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Bilingual Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Mancilla-Martinez, Jeannette; Hwang, Jin Kyoung; Oh, Min Hyun; McClain, Janna Brown – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2020
This study investigated contributors of English reading comprehension outcomes among predominantly U.S.-born 1st- and 3rd-grade (N = 73) dual language learners (DLLs) from Spanish-speaking, low-income homes who attend English-only instructional schools in the Southern region of the United States, which is experiencing historic rates of school-age…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Bilingualism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Lileana Rios-Ledezma – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The purpose of this mixed methods study was to examine the impact of a literacy-infused, inquiry-based science curriculum on English learners' (ELs') English oral language expressive skills as measured by the Woodcock Munoz Survey-Revised subtests: Picture Vocabulary and Verbal Analogies (Woodcock-Munoz-Sandoval, Ruef, & Alvarado, 2005). In…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Inquiry, Science Curriculum, English Language Learners
Download full textPretorius, Elizabeth J.; Stoffelsma, Lieke – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2017
In this article, we report on a study that examined the active and receptive English vocabulary of two different groups of Grade 3 learners in South African township schools. The groups consisted of English Home Language (HL) learners in the Western Cape and Xhosa HL and English First Additional Language (FAL) learners in the Eastern Cape. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocabulary Development, Receptive Language, Expressive Language
Pfenninger, Simone E. – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2015
The longitudinal intervention study reported here is the first to investigate the efficiency of computer learning software specifically designed for dyslexic Swiss German learners of Standard German as a second language (L2) and English as a third language (L3). A total of 40 subjects (20 of them dyslexics and 20 of them nondyslexics; 10 students…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Program Effectiveness, Computer Software, Dyslexia
