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Perkins, Kyle; And Others – 1984
A study of predictors of reading comprehension in English as a second language had as subjects 33 adult students in full-time intensive English classes at the intermediate and advanced levels of reading. Each was tested with an oral and a written language inventory, and each response was recorded as syntagmatic or paradigmatic. Other tests…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Intelligence Tests
Cummins, Jim – Canadian Journal for Exceptional Children, 1987
The increase in the number of Canadian students whose home language is different from the school language has serious implications in the areas of minority student assessment, possible bias of IQ tests, minority student English-language acquisition, and recommendations to parents regarding home language use. Research and educational considerations…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
