Sixteen meta-analyses were conducted to examine relations of typically developing
bilingual immigrant-background children's oral language proficiency in their first and second …

This article is a response to claims made by proponents of “science of reading” and
“structured literacy” reading instruction approaches, in regard to their effectiveness with …

The science of reading should be informed by an evolving evidence base built on the
scientific method. Decades of basic research and randomized controlled trials of …

The present meta‐analysis examined the overall average correlation (weighted for sample
size and corrected for measurement error) between passage‐level second language (L2) …

Now in its third edition, Teaching and Researching Reading charts the field of reading (first
and second language) systematically and coherently for the benefit of language teaching …

Despite a long‐standing awareness of academic language as a pedagogically relevant
research area, the construct of academic‐language proficiency, understood as a more …

NOW PUBLISHED BY PLURAL! This classic text now in its tenth edition and now available
from Plural Publishing, The Development of Language continues its focus on language …

Beyond academic vocabulary, the constellation of skills that comprise academic language
proficiency has remained imprecisely defined. This study proposes an expanded …

This study examined children's early literacy skills in both English and Spanish at entry to
preschool to investigate the pattern of association among these skills and their families' …

The present study investigated the role of vocabulary depth in reading comprehension
among a diverse sample of monolingual and bilingual children in grades 2–4. Vocabulary …