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Mercado, Norma – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2022
This qualitative study examines Latino Spanish-speaking inmates' participation in an English literacy project. The research questions were: What is the impact of the project on the participants' literacy development? How does a Latino literacy project for Spanish-speaking inmates facilitate parent engagement? Data collection included qualitative…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Males
Martinez, Martha I.; Meadvin, Joanna; Diaz, Adriana; Skibbins, Heather; Hurwitz, Anya; Sapien, Corina – NABE Journal of Research and Practice, 2022
In 2016, California voters approved state Proposition 58, repealing an almost 20-year ban on bilingual education for English Learners (ELs), who represent nearly 20% of the state's public school students. The state's reversal on bilingual education reflects a national trend of promoting bilingualism and expanding bilingual (also referred to as…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Bilingual Education, English Language Learners, State Legislation
Ward, Monica – Research-publishing.net, 2022
This paper explores the use of a Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL), growth mindset infused, student partnership approach to language learning in a primary school context. Early success is important in language learning. Students may doubt their ability to learn a language, especially if they have had a non-positive experience of learning…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Learning, Elementary School Students
Drake Asberry – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This dissertation investigates intuitions about Spanish syllable structure and whether or not word segmentation strategies are affected by these syllabic intuitions. The study utilizes monolingual Spanish speakers, L1 Spanish speakers who are L2 learners of English and L1 English speakers who are L2 learners of Spanish. For Spanish syllabic…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Spanish, Visual Aids, Word Recognition
Anne Partika – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2022
Background: Dual language learners (DLLs) -- young children learning and developing in two or more languages -- comprise a third of the U.S. preschool and early elementary student population (MPI Data Hub, 2020). Therefore, identifying the most promising, empirically informed practices to promote DLLs' development is of critical importance.…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Native Language
Mancilla-Martinez, Jeannette; Hwang, Jin Kyoung; Oh, Min Hyun; Pokowitz, Elena Lauren – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2020
Purpose: Elementary-age dual language learners (DLLs) from Spanish-speaking homes in the United States are often characterized as at risk for low vocabulary in both Spanish and English. This longitudinal study examined conceptually scored receptive and expressive vocabulary development among DLLs from Spanish-speaking, low-income homes and…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Elementary School Students, Vocabulary Development, Spanish Speaking
Grimm, Ryan; Solari, Emily J.; Gerber, Michael M.; Nylund-Gibson, Karen; Swanson, H. Lee – Elementary School Journal, 2019
Research with English monolinguals has identified key subskills of reading comprehension that can differentiate subgroups of readers. There remains a dearth of research examining these subskills in Spanish-speaking bilingual students, and few studies have identified subgroups of readers whose home language is Spanish. This study used latent…
Descriptors: Spanish Speaking, Bilingual Students, Reading Skills, Profiles
Aguado-Orea, Javier; Witherstone, Hannah; Bourgeois, Lisa; Baselga, Ana – Journal of Child Language, 2019
In the present study, children's early ability to organise words into sentences was investigated using the Weird Word Order procedure with Spanish-speaking children. Spanish is a language that allows for more flexibility in the positions of subjects and objects, with respect to verbs, than other previously studied languages (English, French, and…
Descriptors: Spanish, Word Order, Child Language, Verbs
Kapantzoglou, Maria; Fergadiotis, Gerasimos; Buenavides, Alejandra Auza – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of the current study was to examine construct validity evidence for the following 4 lexical diversity measures for use in Spanish narrative samples of children with developmental language disorder and typical language development (TLD): (a) type-token ratio (TTR; Chotlos, 1944; Templin, 1957), (b) hypergeometric distribution D…
Descriptors: Spanish Speaking, Language Impairments, Developmental Delays, Language Skills
Office of English Language Acquisition, US Department of Education, 2019
States annually report the five languages other than English most commonly spoken by English learners (ELs) as well as the number of ELs who speak each of the "top five" languages. This fact sheet gives an overview of the five most commonly spoken languages in each state during the 2016-17 school year.
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Language Usage, Geographic Location, Spanish
Courtney, Matthew B. – Journal for Multicultural Education, 2021
Purpose: This study aims to document the impact of an 80-h virtual Spanish language immersion program on four elementary school leaders in Kentucky. Design/methodology/approach: This study used a mixed methods approach. Each subject participated in three semi-structured interviews with the researcher and a standardized oral language assessment.…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Instructional Leadership, Spanish, Immersion Programs
Carol A. Ready – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2025
In my research I examine the linguistic practices of Moroccans in Spain, many of whom speak Moroccan Arabic as well as Modern Standard Arabic, Tamazight, French, English and Spanish at varying levels of proficiency. As part of my research, I conducted a 10-month linguistic ethnography. I was able to rely on my native English and near-native…
Descriptors: Sociolinguistics, Arabic, Language Variation, Immigrants
Fernández, Ana María – Hispania, 2020
In the context of Latin American Studies (LAS) and from a sociohistorical perspective, the author proposes a non-credit workshop in Spanish as a Foreign Language (SFL) at the University of Ottawa, Canada. Its general aim is to raise students' awareness of the interrelationships between coloniality and the geopolitics of knowledge through fiction.…
Descriptors: Spanish, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
Holmes, Emma; Johnsrude, Ingrid S. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2020
Understanding speech in adverse conditions is affected by experience--a familiar voice is substantially more intelligible than an unfamiliar voice when competing speech is present, even if the content of the speech (the words) are controlled. This familiar-voice benefit is observed consistently, but its underpinnings are unclear: Do familiar…
Descriptors: Speech, Auditory Perception, Familiarity, Interference (Language)
Morán, Norma; Torres, Franklin C. – Odyssey: New Directions in Deaf Education, 2020
Despite different childhood experiences--primarily differences centered around language access--the authors share stories of growing up in large Spanish-speaking families with a strong sense of cultural identity and values. Now as they raise three children together, this is what they want for them as well--a sense of cultural identity and pride,…
Descriptors: Deafness, Family Environment, Spanish Speaking, Sign Language