Learning to write in English: A comparative study of first and second language learners with and without reading disabilities.
Published: 2006
Language: eng
Number of pages: 67
ISBN-13: 9780494211861
Description: The present study examined writing ability in English as L1 (EL1) and English as L2 (ESL) children in Grade 5. The performance of children with reading disabilities (RD), as identified by having below average scores on tests of phonological processing and word recognition skills, was also examined. It was hypothesized that being ESL and having poorer English language proficiency skills would exacerbate difficulties that RD children experienced in the area of written expression. The children with RD did perform significantly more poorly than children without RD on various components of the measures of writing ability. However, there were no significant differences between EL1-RD and ESL-RD children on any writing components. It was also hypothesized that in the normally developing group, ESL children would have more difficulty with the writing tasks than EL1 children. However, ESL children performed as well as their EL1 peers on all aspects of the writing tasks.
Notes: Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 45-03, page: 1169.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 2006.

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