Early oral language and later reading development in Spanish-speaking English language learners: Evidence from a nine-year longitudinal study

MJ Kieffer - Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2012 - Elsevier
Using nationally-representative, longitudinal data on a cohort of Spanish-speaking English
language learners in the US, this study investigated the extent to which early oral language …

Moving forward by looking back: Understanding why some Spanish‐speaking English learners fall behind

R Rojas, L Hiebert, S Gusewski… - New directions for child …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigated early indicators of Spanish‐speaking English learners (ELs) at risk
for reading difficulties at the end of Grade 2 by examining their early bilingual oral language …

Longitudinal analysis of the antecedents of emergent Spanish literacy and middle-school English reading achievement of Spanish-speaking students

L Reese, H Garnier, R Gallimore… - American Educational …, 2000 - journals.sagepub.com
Among students entering kindergarten speaking Spanish, those with greater emergent
Spanish literacy development and oral English proficiency were better able to maintain …

English reading growth in spanish‐speaking bilingual students: Moderating effect of english proficiency on cross‐linguistic influence

JE Relyea, SJ Amendum - Child development, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This study examined the extent to which kindergarten Spanish reading affected English
reading growth trajectories through fourth grade among nationally representative Spanish …

Early language and literacy development among young English language learners: Preliminary insights from a longitudinal study

H Roessingh, S Elgie - TESL Canada Journal, 2009 - teslcanadajournal.ca
This article reports on the preliminary findings of a two-staged empirical study aimed at
gaining insights into the variables salient in the early language and literacy development of …

Longitudinal prediction of 1st and 2nd grade English oral reading fluency in English language learners: Which early reading and language skills are better predictors?

EJ Solari, TC Aceves, I Higareda… - Psychology in the …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigates the relation between Spanish and English early literacy skills in
kindergarten and first grade, and English oral reading fluency at the end of first and second …

Examining the role of time and language type in reading development for English language learners

J Betts, S Bolt, D Decker, P Muyskens… - Journal of School …, 2009 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study was to examine the development of English reading achievement
among English Language Learners (ELLs) and to determine whether the time that an ELL's …

Developmental trajectories of preschool early literacy skills: a comparison of language-minority and monolingual-English children.

CJ Lonigan, JAM Farver, J Nakamoto… - Developmental …, 2013 - psycnet.apa.org
This study utilized latent growth-curve analyses to determine if the early literacy skills of
children who were Spanish-speaking language-minority (LM) followed a similar quantitative …

The gap between Spanish speakers' word reading and word knowledge: A longitudinal study

J Mancilla‐Martinez, NK Lesaux - Child development, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
This longitudinal study modeled growth rates, from ages 4.5 to 11, in English and Spanish
oral language and word reading skills among 173 Spanish‐speaking children from low …

The reading performance of English learners in grades 1–3: The role of initial status and growth on reading fluency in Spanish and English

DL Baker, Y Park, SK Baker - Reading and Writing, 2012 - Springer
The purposes of this study were to (a) examine the developmental patterns in pseudoword
reading and oral reading fluency in Spanish and English for Spanish-speaking English …