Mariela Páez|Claudia Rinaldi
Predicting English Word Reading Skills for Spanish-Speaking Students in First Grade
Boston College|Boston College
article describes word reading skills english spanish sample 244 spanishspeaking englishlearning hence bilingual students first grade presents predictive model english word reading skills children study assessed end kindergarten first grade respectively data gathered 3 subtests woodcock language proficiency battery researcherdeveloped phonological awareness task results showed average childrens english word reading skills similar monolingual norms whereas spanish word reading skills averaged 1 sd mean english vocabulary english phonological awareness spanish word reading skills kindergarten found significant predictors english word reading skills first grade educational implications screening language reading skills promising areas targeted instruction population discussed