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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"language status"”.
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The role of language status and school-based relationships in predicting student engagement
… study was to investigate the association of language status and school-based relationships (e.g., teacher-student relationships, student-student relationships, and teacher-home communications) on parent perceptions of their students’ engagement. Additionally, the relationship between student …
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Use of Oral Language General Outcome Measures to Describe Children According to Language Status
… purpose of the study was to determine if short language samples can effectively distinguish children with language impairments from those who are typically developing. Four elicitation methods (individual picture descriptions, multi-scene picture description, narrative, and interview) were …
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Differences in Mathematics and Reading College Readiness by Student Language Status and Economic Status: A Multiyear Statewide Investigation
… 2021-2022 school years. Findings With respect to language status, non-Emergent Bilingual students outperformed Emergent Bilingual students on the Algebra I and English I End-of-Course exams in all three school years for all Grade Level Performance standards. On the Algebra I End-of-Course exam the …
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Taking Matters into Our Own Hands: Advocating for Advanced Language Learning in Mainstream Classrooms Through A ‘Multi-Cultural Capital’ Curriculum
… teachers with curriculum for targeted advanced language learning skills, particularly in writing. It is also to acknowledge that despite the language status of the advanced student, language development should be seen more as a continuum and should continue well after a student is labeled …
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Analysis of the relationship between pre-kindergarten children's drawing and language
… drawings as a tool for understanding their language development. The purpose of this study was to examine the potential for using drawing as an assessment tool for language skill. Therefore, this study explored the relationship between pre-kindergarten children's drawing and language …
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Language Policy, Protest and Rebellion
The hypothesis that language discrimination contributes to protest and/or rebellion is tested. Constitutional language policy regarding administrative/judicial, educational and other matters is measured on three separate scales developed for this study; the status of each minority group's language …
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The Impact of Transactional Strategies Instruction on the Reading Comprehension of a Diverse Group of Second Graders
… included various levels of readiness in reading, language status such as English learners and native speakers of English, and various levels of participation by children in a whole-class setting. Part One of this study used teacher action research as its methodology to address reading …
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THE IMPACT OF A SUPPLEMENTAL READING INTERVENTION ON THE LITERACY SKILLS OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS AND NATIVE ENGLISH-SPEAKING FIRST GRADE CHILDREN
… instruction necessary and effective for English language learners as well. While the research on effective early reading interventions for English language learners is expanding, the majority of the research focuses on students whose native language is Spanish. The purpose of the present study …
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Thinking outloud: the problem-solving language of preschoolers with and without language impairment
… and addressee (private vs. social). The language of six children with specific language impairment was compared to that of six age-matched, and six language-matched peers. Correlations between dependency, impulsivity and efficiency and language use were also investigated. 39% of the …
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English syllable confusion and imitation in Korean bilingual and monolingual children and adults
… in bilinguals learning English as a second language (L2) and in monolinguals learning English as a foreign language (FL); (b) which English phonemes on the NSIT were more challenging for bilinguals and monolinguals to produce; (c) whether perception on the NSCM task is related to production …
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Kia matatau ki te reo: Factors influencing the development of proficiency in te reo Māori with adult learners
… what factors help or hinder adult Māori second language learners to become proficient speakers of te reo Māori? I ask this question at a moment in history when te reo, like other indigenous languages, sits on the edge of a precipice in terms of its survival as a living language. Ambivalence and …
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Outcomes related to disparities in the preschool language experiences of English monolinguals and dual language learners in Head Start
… for children’s early development. For dual language learners (DLL), ECE experiences are particularly relevant for learning English. In this study, quantitative and contingency features of the language environments of 36 preschoolers in Head Start (15 English monolingual; 21 DLLs) were …
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Translation and interpreting as instruments of language planning in South Africa : focus on court interpreting
… Apart from English and Afrikaans, ten other languages, including South African Sign Language, have acquired official status. This linguistic dispensation should allow every citizen access to fair justice and a fuller participation in the democratisation process at all levels. It is obvious …
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Prevalence of Autistic-Like Traits in General Population Bilingual and Monolingual Samples and Their Effect on Cognition and Metaphor Processing/Interpretation
… and their potential effects on pragmatic language development. Nevertheless, recent work has shown cultural bias in the ASD diagnosis. As bilinguals are often raised biculturally, acknowledging autistic traits in this population might be affected by the cultural bias. Therefore, to avoid …
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Linguistic capital and linguistic selves of bilingual and multilingual taiwanese adults: motivation and identity rebuilding in learning Taiwanese heritage languages, Mandarin, English and other foreign languages
… affected the identities and inheritance of local languages and cultures for almost four decades. This changed drastically, when Taiwan began to embrace two key emancipatory concepts after the abolition of Mandarin-centric rule: democratisation and the ‘Taiwanisation’ of language …
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Early introduction of trilingual education in primary schools in Ireland and Catalonia: a comparative study
The Irish language, despite being the first official language in Ireland, is an endangered minority language. It is spoken, as the daily language of communication, by less than 3% of the national population and only 27% of the Gaeltacht population. In education, two different Primary School …
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Comparison of the Item Response Theory with Covariates Model and Explanatory Cognitive Diagnostic Model for Detecting and Explaining Differential Item Functioning
… achievement. Subgroups include race, spoken language, disability status, or sex. Under item response theory (IRT), a single score is given to each student since IRT assumes that an assessment is only measuring one construct. However, under cognitive diagnostic modeling (CDM), an assessment …
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An analysis of the impact of parent education level and family income on the academic achievement of students of Hispanic and white ethnicities
… of the California Standards Tests in English language arts and mathematics and matched demographic information for 18,000 second through fifth grade students from six school districts in the San Joaquin Valley constituted the data source for this study. Multiple regressions were the primary …