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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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French Immersion Experience and Reading Skill Development in At-Risk Readers
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Kruk, Richard S.; Reynolds, Kristin A. A. – Journal of Child Language, 2012
We tracked the developmental influences of exposure to French on developing English phonological awareness, decoding and reading comprehension of English-speaking at-risk readers from Grade 1 to Grade 3. Teacher-nominated at-risk readers were matched with not-at-risk readers in French immersion and English language programs. Exposure to spoken…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Immersion Programs, Phonological Awareness, Grade 3
Children's Command of Plural and Possessive Marking on Hebrew Nouns: A Comparison of Obligatory versus Optional Inflections
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Schiff, Rachel; Ravid, Dorit; Levy-Shimon, Shany – Journal of Child Language, 2011
We compare learning of two inflection types--obligatory noun plurals and optional noun possessives. We tested 107 Hebrew-speaking children aged 6-7 on the same tasks at the beginning and end of first grade. Performance on both constructions improved during this short period, but plurals scored higher from the start, with improvement only in…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Literacy Education, Speech, Nouns