A Comparison of the Language Skills of ELLs and Monolinguals Who Are Poor Decoders, Poor Comprehenders, or Normal Readers

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 387-401

  Geva, Esther ^a   Massey Garrison, Angela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD   (Canada)

Author keywords

ELLs; language and reading; monolinguals

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; DYSLEXIA; ELLS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE AND READING; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MONOLINGUALS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; READING;

ELLS; LANGUAGE AND READING; MONOLINGUALS;

CHILD; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TESTS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; READING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84882695643     PISSN: 00222194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022219412466651     Document Type: Article

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