Bowyer-Crane, C., Fricke, S. orcid.org/0000-0003-2706-121X, Schaefer, B. et al. (2 more authors) (2017) Early Literacy And Comprehension Skills In Children Learning English As An Additional Language And Monolingual Children With Language Weaknesses. Reading and Writing, 30 (4). pp. 771-790. ISSN 0922-4777
Abstract
Many children learning English as an additional language (EAL) show reading comprehension difficulties despite adequate decoding. However, the relationship between early language and reading comprehension in this group is not fully understood. The language and literacy skills of 80 children learning English from diverse language backgrounds and 80 monolingual English-speaking peers with language weaknesses were assessed at school entry (mean age = 4 years, 7 months) and after two years of schooling in the UK (mean age = 6 years, 3 months). The EAL group showed weaker language skills and stronger word reading than the monolingual group but no difference in reading comprehension. Individual differences in reading comprehension were predicted by variations in decoding and language comprehension in both groups to a similar degree.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2016. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com |
Keywords: | EAL; reading comprehension; word reading; oral language |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > Department of Human Communication Sciences (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number NUFFIELD FOUNDATION EDU/40275 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 07 Oct 2016 13:29 |
Last Modified: | 06 Nov 2018 13:46 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11145-016-9699-8 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer Verlag |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s11145-016-9699-8 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:105598 |