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Longitudinal effects of socioeconomic status on first and second language reading development: evidence from Chinese children learning English
While it has been shown that socioeconomic status (SES) is important for children’s literacy development in their first language (L1), less is known...
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Transfer? Reading, writing, and parental factors in Hong Kong Chinese families across Chinese and English
The role of parental literacy skills in cross-linguistic transfer, the phenomenon of the sharing of skills and competence from one language to...
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The role of socioeconomic status in Chinese word reading and writing among Chinese kindergarten children
The number of Chinese children living in poverty has risen steadily in Hong Kong, China. However, little is known on the longitudinal effects of...
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The relation between reading and externalizing behavior: a correlational meta-analysis
Reading proficiency is important because it has life-long consequences and influences success in other academic areas. Many students with behavior...
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The lexical status of verbs among typical and dyslexic native Arabic readers: a developmental model
The goal of this study was to investigate the development of mental lexicon organization among typical and dyslexic native Arabic readers. The...
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Challenging the Master Narratives of the Market and of English in L2 Pedagogy: Striving for a Reorientation
In today’s world, the neoliberal dynamics of the free market permeates our ways of life and shapes the symbolic and discursive understanding we have...
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Visual-orthographic skills predict the covariance of Chinese word reading and arithmetic calculation
This study provides evidence connecting two aspects of visual-orthographic skills (orthographic awareness and delayed copying) to the common variance...
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Literacy and the Problem of Linguistic Prejudice
It is necessary to discuss linguistic variation problems and related social prejudice starting from the acquisition of oral language. Everybody...
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Assessing Language Attitudes Towards Translanguaging of Young Adult Learners in a Multilingual Setting
Attitudes are decisive factors in students’ involvement in their language learning at school which influence their expectations for academic success...
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Dominant Language Constellations and Language Policy and Planning in Two Settings: Perspectives from Tunisia
This chapter combines a perspective on language policy and planning (LPP) as text, discourse and performance with the sociolinguistic account of...
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Characteristics of preschoolers' early spelling in Hebrew
Before formal instruction, preschoolers represent words in print in various degrees of conventionality. Unlicensed letters are letters that have no...
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Translanguaging in Multilingual Local and Global Spaces: Summary and Conclusion
Translanguaging in Philippine education and other public spaces has shown that it may be used to empower multilingual speakers and promote linguistic...
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Speed: How Fast Do Professors Reach Their Position?
Speed is analysed by means of regression models. While Country makes a clear difference (Speed is higher in Germany and lower in France), Gender and...
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Amid signs of change: language policy, ideology and power in the linguistic landscape of urban Rwanda
In this paper we explore the nexus of language policy, ideology and power in the linguistic landscape of urban Rwanda. In post-genocide Rwanda,...
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Exploring boundary conditions of the listening comprehension-reading comprehension discrepancy index
Conversations about the nature of dyslexia and how dyslexia impacts reading and listening comprehension get to the heart of classification and...
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A better start literacy approach: effectiveness of Tier 1 and Tier 2 support within a response to teaching framework
The Better Start Literacy Approach (BSLA) is a strengths-based approach to supporting children’s literacy learning in their first year of school....
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Discursive Positioning of the Philippines and Filipino Teachers in the Online Eikaiwa Industry
Drawing on data from sources such as advertising, customer reviews, and interview findings, this chapter explores the discursive positioning of the...
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Critical Depictions of Agency in Pura Belpré Awarded Texts
Given the need for multiple representations of historically underrepresented voices in children’s literature, this research study explored critical...
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The Berbers in Tunisia: Mistaken Identity Amid Contentious Politics in Post-Arab Spring Tunisia
The Berbers of Tunisia form a small minority group inhabiting southern Tunisia with its rich and indelible history. They are ethnically and...
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No Place to Die: Neoliberalism, Anti-Idyll, and Social (Im)mobility in The Serpent King
Class and geography profoundly influence rural youth’s opportunities and aspirations for social mobility (Carr & Kefalas, 2009). Neoliberalism...