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Pray, Lisa – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2009
The investigator compared the linguistic characteristics of Spanish and English language samples taken from English language learners (ELLs) diagnosed with an academic learning disability (LD) and ELLs in general education to determine if the errors and characteristics of their language use differ. There was a statistically significant difference…
Descriptors: Language Usage, General Education, Syntax, Oral Language
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Rolstad, Kellie; Mahoney, Kate; Glass, Gene V. – Journal of Educational Research & Policy Studies, 2008
In light of a recent revelation that Gersten (1985) included erroneous information on one of two programs for English Language Learners (ELLs), the authors re-calculate results of their earlier meta-analysis of program effectiveness studies for ELLs in which Gersten's studies had behaved as outliers (Rolstad, Mahoney & Glass, 2005). The correction…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Second Language Learning, Program Effectiveness, Effect Size
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Transler, Catherine; Reitsma, Pieter – British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2005
The purpose of this study was to find new evidence for phonological coding in written word recognition among deaf Dutch children. A lexical decision task was presented to 48 severely and profoundly deaf children aged from 6 years 8 months to 13 years 5 months, and a control group of Grade 1 hearing children matched on written word recognition.…
Descriptors: Phonology, Coding, Control Groups, Deafness
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Campbell, Dermot F. – ReCALL, 2004
This presentation is a discursive treatment of the migration of a classroom based translation class to online delivery using the Virtual Learning Environment WebCT. The main focus is not on the VLE itself, but on the pedagogical challenges posed by the move to online delivery and the course structure developed to retain as many of the advantages…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Constructivism (Learning), Translation, Educational Resources