BACKGROUND Strong associations between infant vocabulary and school-age language and literacy skills would have important practical and theoretical implications: Preschool assessment of vocabulary skills could be used to identify children at risk of reading and language difficulties, and vocabulary could be viewed as a cognitive foundation for reading. However, evidence to date suggests predict...

The development of literacy skills in individuals who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) requires the collective efforts of collaborative literacy teams who have expertise in language, literacy, and AAC. Literacy teams responsible for teaching reading and writing skills to students with complex communication needs face many challenges including students who often cannot partic...

The development of reading skills is underpinned by oral language abilities: Phonological skills appear to have a causal influence on the development of early word-level literacy skills, and reading-comprehension ability depends, in addition to word-level literacy skills, on broader (semantic and syntactic) language skills. Here, we report a longitudinal study of children at familial risk of dy...

Conducted in a U.S. English-to-Speakers-of-Other-Languages (ESOL) preservice teacher education program, this case study aimed to explore dynamic process of teachers’ development language assessment literacy (LAL). By inviting multiple stakeholders, namely teachers, an inservice and her ESOL students, their course instructor, closely examined the interaction among stakeholders during semester-lo...

The Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Literacy Achievement of Secondary Students by David P. Jones MA, Marygrove College, 2004 BS, The College of New Jersey, 1992 Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Education Walden University June 2013 Abstract Proficiency in language arts and communication skills is essential t...

In 2003, the National Literacy Trust commissioned Dr Robin Close to conduct a literature review of published research in order to understand more fully the relationship between television viewing in the early years and language and literacy development. A priority of the National Literacy Trust is to understand the relationship between language development in children from birth to age three an...

This study provides a scientometric review of language assessment literacy (LAL) research published in the Web Science (WoS) core collection between 2008, when LAL was first indexed as combined phrase, and 2021. Six comprehensive analyses were conducted utilizing CiteSpace: publication cited trends, dual-map overlay, most papers, co-authorship, co-occurrence, co-citation. Results showed that an...

Teacher assessment skills include knowledge of methods and techniques, the ability to interpret results, use tailor teaching strategies student needs. The present study examines non-native Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) pre-service teachers' awareness students’ assessment. also investigates whether studying course in significantly impacts literacy. To answer research questions, a...

Therefore, improving teachers’ language assessment literacy (LAL) is one of the most important factors in assuring quality testing and (LTA). Thus, this study aimed to investigate perceived level LAL among Saudi in-service English as a foreign (EFL) teachers. Additionally, it identify aspects that EFL teachers wish improve through further professional training. Two research questions were formu...