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ERIC Number: EJ436517
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Relationships between Second Language Oral Proficiency and Reading Comprehension of Bilingual Fifth Grade Students.
Peregoy, Suzanne
NABE: The Journal of the National Association for Bilingual Education, v13 n3 p217-34 Spr 1989
Among six Mexican-American fifth graders who were native Spanish speakers and had varying levels of English proficiency, oral proficiency was related to reading comprehension within each language. Assisted line-by-line reading facilitated comprehension for low proficiency students, deficient in both English vocabulary and syntactic knowledge. (SV)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Context Clues, English (Second Language), Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Language Proficiency, Mexican American Education, Oral Language, Reading Comprehension, Second Language Learning, Word Recognition
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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