“Early elementary grade dual language learners from Spanish-speaking homes struggling with English reading comprehension: The dormant role of language skills”: Correction.

2020 ◽  
Vol 112 (5) ◽  
pp. 894-894
AERA Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 233285841989257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Phillips Galloway ◽  
Paola Uccelli ◽  
Gladys Aguilar ◽  
Christopher D. Barr

In this study, we examine the unique and shared contributions of Spanish and English core academic language skills (CALS) to English reading comprehension in a population of Spanish-English dual language learners in Grades 4 and 5 (n = 165). We focus on cross-disciplinary CALS, operationalized as sets of high-utility lexical, syntactic and discourse resources prevalent in school texts. This study finds that Spanish and English CALS are positively and significantly related, and, further, that both sets of skills exert a unique positive influence on English reading comprehension. Aligned with an interpretation of linguistic interdependence between Spanish and English academic language skills, results document their cross-linguistic contribution to reading comprehension for students enrolled in educational programs that foster literacy and content learning regularly in two languages.


2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 605-630
Author(s):  
Susan Lutz Klauda ◽  
Ana Taboada Barber ◽  
Elizabeth B. McAllen

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