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Holmström, Ketty; Salameh, Eva-Kristina; Nettelbladt, Ulrika; Dahlgren-Sandberg, Annika – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2016
The aim was to evaluate conceptual scoring of lexical organization in bilingual children with language impairment (BLI) and to compare BLI performance with monolingual children with language impairment (MLI). Word associations were assessed in 15 BLI and 9 MLI children. BLI were assessed in Arabic and Swedish, MLI in Swedish only. A number of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Lexicology, Bilingualism, Children
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Granfeldt, Jonas; Ågren, Malin – Language Testing, 2014
One core area of research in Second Language Acquisition is the identification and definition of developmental stages in different L2s. For L2 French, Bartning and Schlyter (2004) presented a model of six morphosyntactic stages of development in the shape of grammatical profiles. The model formed the basis for the computer program Direkt Profil…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Tests, French, Language Teachers
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Erickson, Gudrun; Åberg-Bengtsson, Lisbeth; Gustafsson, Jan-Eric – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2015
The present study explored data from a survey of students' performance in English at the end of compulsory school in 6 European countries. The aim was to gain deeper knowledge of the internal structure of the test and to discuss similarities and differences between the different settings regarding patterns in language proficiency. The analyses,…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Karlsson, Monica – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2013
In the present investigation, 15 first term university students were faced with 80 context-based idioms in English (L2) and Swedish (L1) respectively, 30 of which were in the source domain of animals, commonly used in both languages, and asked to explain their meaning. The idioms were of varying frequency and transparency. Three main research…
Descriptors: Native Language, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Jungert, Tomas; Andersson, Ulf – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2013
The aim was to examine achievement and self-efficacy in mathematics and native and foreign language literacy in children with specific mathematic LD (MD-only), children with comorbid mathematic and reading difficulties (MD-RD), and compare them with children without LD (controls), as well as to explore gender differences. Participants were 143…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Self Efficacy, Literacy, Native Language
Nystrom, Astrid – 1975
This is a summary of the Swedish national report on the 1970 and 1971 international investigations on French as a foreign language as taught in eight countries: England (including Wales), Chile, Scotland, the U.S.A., New Zealand, the Netherlands, Rumania, and Sweden. In the full report, data from the international analysis are used to highlight…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Curriculum Development, Data Analysis, Educational Administration