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 paper addresses the serious and pervasive problem of the mis-identification of English
Language Learners (ELLs) as Learning Disabled (LD). Recent increases in immigration …

This study examined the contributions of vocabulary and spelling to the reading
comprehension of students in grades 6–10 who were and were not classified as English …

THE AUTHOR examines the theory and research relevant to educating d/Deaf and Hard of
Hearing Multilingual Learners (DMLs). There is minimal research on this population, yet a …

This study examined the effects of an early reading intervention on preschool-age dual
language learners'(DLL) early literacy skills. Instruction in phonological awareness and …

This study investigated the prevalence and stability of latent classes at risk for reading
disabilities (RD) in elementary-aged children whose first language is Spanish. To this end …

Although there is a growing body of literature on the development of reading skills of
Spanish-speaking language minority children, little research has focused on the …

Rapid automatized naming has been demonstrated as an important correlate of various
reading outcomes. However, the cognitive mechanism underlying the RAN–reading …

This study examines the development of reading and writing from first to second grade in
transparent orthography (Finnish) among three groups: language minority children (n= 49) …

The lexical restructuring model (LRM) is a theory that attempts to explain the developmental
origins of phonological awareness (PA). According to the LRM, various characteristics of …