Item – Theses Canada

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OCLC number
51086900
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Author
Petrulis-Wright, Jennifer,1972-
Title
The role of oral language proficiency in the development of L1 and L2 basic reading skills in young children.
Degree
M.A. -- University of Toronto, 1998
Publisher
Ottawa : National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, [2000]
Description
1 microfiche.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Abstract
The present study examined the relationship between oral language proficiency (OLP), reading comprehension, and basic reading skills (decoding and word recognition) in beginning readers. The participants included children beginning English reading instruction in their native language (L1), and Punjabi immigrant children beginning reading instruction in their second language (L2). The results showed that L1 and L2 children differed in English OLP, but not on reading skill tasks. Further investigation revealed that OLP played a greater role in predicting reading comprehension than in predicting basic reading skills. The results also showed that OLP contributed significantly to the explained variance of L2 basic reading skills, but not to L1. It appears that the L1 children are utilizing analytical skills and the L2 children are utilizing OLP skills, to achieve the same level of performance. The present findings are discussed in the context of Chall's (1996) model of reading development.
ISBN
0612406679
9780612406674