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ERIC Number: EJ674340
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
Prediction of First-Grade Reading in Spanish-Speaking English-Language Learners.
Lindsey, Kim A.; Manis, Franklin R.; Bailey, Caroline E.
Journal of Educational Psychology, v95 n3 p482-94 Sep 2003
Examines longitudinal prediction of English and Spanish reading skills in a sample of 249 Spanish-speaking English-language learners at 3 time points in kindergarten through Grade 1. Phonological awareness transferred from Spanish to English and was predictive of word-identification skills. Other variables showing cross-linguistic transfer were letter and word knowledge, print concepts, and sentence memory. (Contains 68 references and 9 tables.) (GCP)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Grade 1, Predictor Variables, Primary Education, Reading Achievement, Spanish Speaking, Word Recognition
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Cross Language Transfer