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Alissa Patricia Wolters; Young-suk Grace Kim – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2024
We investigated spelling errors in English and Spanish essays by Spanish-English dual language learners in Grades 1, 2, and 3 (N = 278; 51% female) enrolled in either English immersion or English-Spanish dual immersion programs. We examined what types of spelling errors students made, whether they made spelling errors that could be due to…
Descriptors: Spelling, Spanish, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Alissa Patricia Wolters; Young-suk Grace Kim – Grantee Submission, 2023
We investigated spelling errors in English and Spanish essays by Spanish-English dual language learners in Grades 1, 2, and 3 (N = 278; 51% female) enrolled in either English immersion or English-Spanish dual immersion programs. We examined what types of spelling errors students made, whether they made spelling errors that could be due to…
Descriptors: Spelling, Spanish, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Huang, Becky H.; Bedore, Lisa M.; Ramírez, Rica; Wicha, Nicole – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022
Purpose: The study examined the contributions of Spanish and English oral narrative skills to English reading among 95 early elementary dual language learners (DLLs) from Spanish-speaking homes in the United States. This sample of first- and third-grade DLL children attended Spanish-English dual language immersion programs and received language…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Computational Linguistics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Nicolay, Anne-Catherine; Poncelet, Martine – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2013
Early bilingualism acquired from home or community is generally considered to positively influence cognitive development. The purpose of the present study was to determine to what extent bilingualism acquired through a second-language immersion education has a similar effect. Participants included a total of 106 French-speaking eight-year-old…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Immersion Programs, Executive Function, Second Language Learning
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Arteagoitia, Igone; Howard, Elizabeth R.; Loguit, Mohammed; Malabonga, Valerie; Kenyon, Dorry M. – Bilingual Research Journal, 2005
This article describes the development of a Spanish-spelling measure designed to assess the progress made by Spanish-English bilingual children from Grade 2 to Grade 5. Different stages of measure development are described, such as the selection of the focus features, the pilot phase of the assessment, and the finalizing of the operational…
Descriptors: Spelling, Tests, Bilingual Students, Spanish