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Zinszer, Benjamin D.; Hannon, Joelle; Kouadio, Aya Élise; Akpé, Hermann; Tanoh, Fabrice; Hu, Anqi; Qi, Zhenghan; Jasinska, Kaja – Language Learning, 2023
Statistical learning is a learning mechanism that does not directly depend on knowledge of a language but predicts language and literacy outcomes for children and adults. Research linking statistical learning and literacy has not addressed a common educational context in primary schools worldwide: children who first learn to read in their second…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 6, Elementary School Students, Literacy
Barr, Christopher D.; Uccelli, Paola; Phillips Galloway, Emily – Language Learning, 2019
This study reports on the conceptualization of a new construct targeting the cross-disciplinary academic language skills most relevant to school reading comprehension, targeting the validation of the Core Academic Language Skills (CALS) Instrument, a novel assessment tool which measures this construct. Participants included Grade 4-8 monolingual…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Interdisciplinary Approach, Reading Comprehension, Elementary School Students
Vandergrift, Larry; Baker, Susan – Language Learning, 2015
Listening comprehension plays a key role in language acquisition, yet little is known about the variables that contribute to the development of second language (L2) listening ability. This study sought to obtain empirical evidence for the impact of some of the learner variables and the degree to which they might predict success in L2 listening.…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension, Second Language Learning, Short Term Memory, Language Research
Ardasheva, Yuliya; Tretter, Thomas R.; Kinny, Marti – Language Learning, 2012
This nonexperimental study explored the predictive strength of English proficiency levels on academic achievement of middle school students in a sample of 17,470 native English-speaking (NES) students, 558 English language learners (current ELLs), and 500 redesignated fluent English proficient students (former ELLs). Results of multilevel analyses…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Second Language Learning, Effect Size, English (Second Language)
Kiss, Csilla; Nikolov, Marianne – Language Learning, 2005
This study aimed to develop, pilot, and validate an aptitude test for Hungarian learners of English. A literature review on the construct and tests of aptitude is followed by two parts: a pilot phase on the development of a new aptitude test and a main study involving 419 12-year-old children in 10 schools. Data were collected on the aptitude…
Descriptors: Language Aptitude, Aptitude Tests, Achievement Tests, English (Second Language)