Teaching struggling readers who are native Spanish speakers: What do we know?

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 260-271

  Mathes, Patricia G ^a   Pollard Durodola, Sharolyn D ^b   Cárdenas Hagan, Elsa ^c   Linan Thompson, Sylvia ^d   Vaughn, Sharon ^d  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

At risk students; English as a second language; English language learners; Reading interventions; Struggling readers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPREHENSION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHONETICS; READING; TEACHING;

CHILD; CLINICAL TRIALS; COMPREHENSION; CURRICULUM; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MULTICENTER STUDIES; MULTILINGUALISM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHONETICS; READING; REMEDIAL TEACHING; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 34547742091     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461(2007/027)     Document Type: Article

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