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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
Burke, Suzanne M.; And Others – 1980
A study was undertaken to determine if the removal of black English dialect as oral reading errors would influence the scores obtained on three oral reading diagnostic tests: the Gray Oral Reading Test, the Gilmore Oral Reading Test, and the Spache Diagnostic Reading Scales. In addition, the study investigated whether there were differences in the…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Students, Elementary Education, Error Analysis (Language)
Gregg, Noel – 1983
As a step toward developing appropriate instructional techniques to help learning disabled college students, mechanical errors were compared in the expository essays and controlled stimulus passages (rewrites) of 15 learning disabled, 15 normal, and 15 basic writers at the college level. Analysis of both types of writing samples showed that…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Error Analysis (Language), Expository Writing