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Attitudinal obstacles to curriculum and assessment reform.
Nkosana, Leonard. . May, 2008.

Linguistic Influences on Differential Item Functioning For Second Language Learners on the National Assessment of Educational Progress.
Mahoney, Kate. Language Teaching Research; ISSN: 05/01/2008;

Structural and Individual Covariates of English Language Proficiency.
Sean-Shong Hwang; Juan Xi. International Journal of Testing; ISSN: 03/01/2008;

The Englishes of English tests: bias revisited.
Hamp-Lyons, Liz; Davies, Alan. Social Forces; ISSN: 03/01/2008;

Empowering Nigerian Pidgin: a challenge for status planning?
Igboanusi, Herbert. World Englishes; ISSN: 02/01/2008;

Language testing and technology: problems of transition to a new era.
. World Englishes; ISSN: 02/01/2008;

Productivity, Fluency, and Grammaticality Measures From Narratives.
Tilstra, Janet; McMaster, Kristen. ReCALL; ISSN: 01/01/2008;

Item readability and science achievement in TIMSS 2003 in South Africa.
Dempster, Edith R.; Reddy, Vijay. Communication Disorders Quarterly; ISSN: 11/01/2007;

Validating a standards-based classroom assessment of English proficiency: A multitrait-multimethod approach.
Llosa, Lorena. Science Education; ISSN: 11/01/2007;

A seven-step instructional plan for teaching English-language learners to comprehend and use homonyms, homophones, and homographs.
Jacobson, Julie; Lapp, Diane; Flood, James. Language Testing; ISSN: 10/01/2007;

Narrative and Vocabulary Development of Bilingual Children From Kindergarten to First Grade: Developmental Changes and Associations Among English and Spanish Skills.
Uccelli, Paola; Páez, Mariela M.. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy; ISSN: 10/01/2007;

The Cross-Linguistic Transfer of Early Literacy Skills: The Role of Initial L1 and L2 Skills and Language of Instruction.
Cárdenas-Hagan, Elsa; Carlson, Coleen D.; Pollard-Durodola, Sharolyn D.. Language, Speech, & Hearing Services in Schools; ISSN: 07/01/2007;

The impact of directionality on Chinese/English simultaneous interpreting.
Chia-chien Chang; Schallert, Diane L.. Language, Speech, & Hearing Services in Schools; ISSN: 07/01/2007;

English Language Proficiency and Treatment Adherence in Hispanic Patients with Type 2 Diabetes.
Rustveld, Luis; Pavlik, Valory; Nash, Sue. Interpreting: International Journal of Research & Practice in Interpreting; ISSN: 07/01/2007;

Use of Brief Experimental Analysis for Selecting Reading Interventions for English Language Learners.
Malloy, Kimberley J.; Gilbertson, Donna; Maxfield, Janie. Diabetes; ISSN: 06/02/2007;

Assent of School-Age Bilingual Children.
Holaday, Bonnie; Gonzales, Orlando; Mills, Debra. School Psychology Review; ISSN: 06/01/2007;

English Language Proficiency and Health-Related Quality of Life among Chinese and Korean Immigrant Elders.
Mui, Ada C.; Kang, Suk-Young; Kang, Dooyeon; Domanski, Margaret Dietz. Western Journal of Nursing Research; ISSN: 06/01/2007;

Structure of the second language mental lexicon: how does it compare to native speakers' lexical organization?
Zareva, Alla. Health & Social Work; ISSN: 05/01/2007;

Crosslinguistic semantic and translation priming in normal bilingual individuals and bilingual aphasia.
Kiran, Swathi; Lebel, Keith R.. Second Language Research; ISSN: 04/01/2007;

Nine things every teacher should know about words and vocabulary instruction.
Bromley, Karen. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics; ISSN: 04/01/2007;

A culpable CALP: Rethinking the conversational/academic language proficiency distinction in early literacy instruction.
Aukerman, Maren. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy; ISSN: 04/01/2007;

Ethnic Differences in Rehabilitation Placement and Outcome After TBI.
De La Plata, Carlos Marquez; Hewlitt, Margaret; De Oliveira, Ana; Hudak, Anne; Harper, Caryn; Shafi, Shahid; Diaz-Arrastia, Ramon. Reading Teacher; ISSN: 04/01/2007;

Using baseline studies in the investigation of test impact.
Wall, Dianne; Horák, Tania. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation; ISSN: 03/01/2007;

Language Barriers Surrounding Medication Use among Older Latinos.
Mutchler, Jan; Bacigalupe, Gonzalo; Coppin, Antonia; Gottlieb, Alison. Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice; ISSN: 03/01/2007;

Waiting times for ESL classes and the impact on English learners.
Tucker, James Thomas. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology; ISSN: 03/01/2007;

The Effectiveness of a Theme-based Syllabus for Young L2 Learners.
Alptekin, Cem; Erçetin, Gülcan; Bayyurt, Yasemin. National Civic Review; ISSN: 03/01/2007;

Assessment of english-language proficiency for general practitioner registrars.
Chur-Hansen, Anna; Elliott, Taryn Elizabeth; Klein, Nigel Charles; Howell, Cate Adele. Journal of Multilingual & Multicultural Development; ISSN: 02/01/2007;

Hispanic Ethnicity, Gender, and the Change in the LEP-Earnings Penalty in the United States During the 1990s.
Mora, Marie T.; Dávila, Alberto. Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions; ISSN: 01/01/2007;

Is a Separate Block of Time for Oral English Language Development in Programs for English Learners Needed?
Saunders, William M.; Foorman, Barbara R.; Carlson, Coleen D.. Social Science Quarterly (Blackwell Publishing Limited); ISSN: 12/02/2006;

Assessing Reading Comprehension in Bilinguals.
August, Diane; Francis, David J.; Hsu, Han-Ya Annie; Snow, Catherine E.. Elementary School Journal; ISSN: 11/01/2006;

Creating sentence walls to help English-language learners develop content literacy.
Carrier, Karen A.; Tatum, Alfred W.. Elementary School Journal; ISSN: 11/01/2006;

Psychometric Issues in the ELL Assessment and Special Education Eligibility.
ABEDI, JAMAL. Reading Teacher; ISSN: 11/01/2006;

How Language Proficiency Tests Mislead Us About Ability: Implications for English Language Learner Placement in Special Education.
MACSWAN, JEFF; ROLSTAD, KELLIE. Teachers College Record; ISSN: 11/01/2006;

Influences on Target-Language Proficiency.
Chand, V.. Teachers College Record; ISSN: 11/01/2006;

Literacy Development in Elementary School Second-Language Learners.
August, Diane; Snow, Catherine; Carlo, Maria; Proctor, C. Patrick; De San Francisco, Andrea Rolla; Duursma, Elisabeth; Szuber, Anna. Current Anthropology; ISSN: 10/01/2006;

Language and Learning Science in South Africa.
Probyn, Margie. Topics in Language Disorders; ISSN: 10/01/2006;

The comprehension of logical relations in expository texts by students who study through the medium of ESL.
Pretorius, Elizabeth J.. Language & Education: An International Journal; ISSN: 09/01/2006;

Spanish-English Bilingual Children with Psychopathology: Language Deficits and Academic Language Proficiency.
Toppelberg, Claudio O.; Munir, Kerim; Nieto-Castañon, Alfonso. System; ISSN: 09/01/2006;

Immigrants' Language Skills and Visa Category.
Chiswick, Barry R.; Lee, Yew Liang; Miller, Paul W.. Child & Adolescent Mental Health; ISSN: 09/01/2006;

The Compensatory Nature of Discipline-Related Knowledge and English-Language Proficiency in Reading English for Academic Purposes.
Usó-Juan, Esther. International Migration Review; ISSN: 06/01/2006;

English proficiency and physicians’ recommendation of Pap smears among Hispanics.
De Alba, Israel; Sweningson, Jamie M.. Modern Language Journal; ISSN: 06/01/2006;

Matching books and readers: Selecting literature for English learners.
Vardell, Sylvia M.; Hadaway, Nancy L.; Young, Terrell A.. Cancer Detection & Prevention; ISSN: 05/01/2006;

Memory and language skills in simultaneous interpreters: The role of expertise and language proficiency.
Christoffels, Ingrid K.; de Groot, Annette M.B.; Kroll, Judith F.. Reading Teacher; ISSN: 05/01/2006;

The Crosslinguistic Role of Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency on Reading Growth in Spanish and English.
Wilda Laija-Rodríguez; Ochoa, Salvador Hector; Parker, Richard. Journal of Memory & Language; ISSN: 04/01/2006;

Learning the Language of a New Country: A Ten-year Study of English Acquisition by South-East Asian Refugees in Canada.
Hou, Feng; Beiser, Morton. Bilingual Research Journal; ISSN: 03/01/2006;

Impact of language proficiency and orthographic transparency on bilingual word reading: An fMRI investigation.
Meschyan, Gayane; Hernandez, Arturo E.. International Migration; ISSN: 03/01/2006;

Evaluation of bilingual secondary education in the Netherlands: Students' language proficiency in English 1.
Admiraal, Wilfried; Westhoff, Gerard; de Bot, Kees. NeuroImage; ISSN: 02/15/2006;

The Intriguing Role of Spanish Language Vocabulary Knowledge in Predicting English Reading Comprehension.
Proctor, C. Patrick; August, Diane; Carlo, María S.; Snow, Catherine. Educational Research & Evaluation; ISSN: 02/01/2006;

Resources for English Language Training a Managerial Headache.
Molloy, Thomas. Journal of Educational Psychology; ISSN: 02/01/2006;

Reading Efficiency in Native English-Speaking and English-as-a-Second-Language Children: The Role of Oral Proficiency and Underlying Cognitive-Linguistic Processes.
Geva, Esther; Zadeh, Zohreh Yaghoub. DISAM Journal of International Security Assistance Management; ISSN: 01/01/2006;

Effectiveness of Spanish Intervention for First-Grade English Language Learners at Risk for Reading Difficulties.
Vaughn, Sharon; Linan-Thompson, Sylvia; Mathes, Patricia G.; Cirino, Paul T.; Carlson, Coleen D.; Pollard-Durodola, Sharolyn D.; Cardenas-Hagan, Elsa; Francis, David J.. Scientific Studies of Reading; ISSN: 01/01/2006;

How to Assess Language in the Social Studies Classroom.
Case, Rod; Obenchain, Kathryn M.. Journal of Learning Disabilities; ISSN: 01/01/2006;

EAL undergraduates learning mathematics.
Barton, B.; Chan, R.; King, C.; Neville-Barton, P.; Sneddon, J.. Social Studies; ISSN: 01/01/2006;

Style, identity and English language literacy.
Stroud, Christopher; Wee, Lionel. International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science & Technology; ISSN: 10/15/2005;

EAP study recommendations and score gains on the IELTS Academic Writing test.
Green, Anthony. Linguistics & Education; ISSN: 09/01/2005;

Interview Reflections: A First Generation Migrant Indian Woman Researcher Interviewing a First Generation Migrant Indian Man.
Garg, Anupama. Assessing Writing; ISSN: 07/01/2005;

Decreased EEG coherence between prefrontal electrodes: a correlate of high language proficiency?
Reiterer, Susanne; Berger, Michael L.; Hemmelmann, Claudia; Rappelsberger, Peter. Journal of Gender Studies; ISSN: 07/01/2005;

Formatively Evaluating the Reading Progress of First-Grade English Learners in Multiple-Language Classrooms.
Graves, Anne W.; Plasencia-Peinado, Judith; Deno, Stanley L.; Johnson, John R.. Experimental Brain Research; ISSN: 07/01/2005;

Equity of Literacy-Based Math Performance Assessments for English Language Learners.
Brown, Clara Lee. Remedial & Special Education; ISSN: 07/01/2005;

How Well Do Commonly Used Language Instruments Measure English Oral-Language Proficiency?
Pray, Lisa. Bilingual Research Journal; ISSN: 06/01/2005;

Native Spanish-Speaking Children Reading in English: Toward a Model of Comprehension.
Proctor, C. Patrick; August, Diane; Carlo, María; Snow, Catherine. Bilingual Research Journal; ISSN: 06/01/2005;

The Ameliorating Effects of High Socioeconomic Status: A Secondary Analysis.
Krashen, Stephen; Brown, Clara Lee. Journal of Educational Psychology; ISSN: 05/01/2005;

Reading Test Performance of English-Language Learners Using an English Dictionary.
Albus, Debra; Thurlow, Martha; Liu, Kristin; Bielinski, John. Bilingual Research Journal; ISSN: 03/01/2005;

Within-Group Diversity in Minority Disproportionate Representation: English Language Learners in Urban School Districts.
Artiles, Alfredo J.; Rueda, Robert; Salazar, Jesús José; Higareda, Ignacio. Journal of Educational Research; ISSN: 03/01/2005;

Linguistic Distance: A Quantitative Measure of the Distance Between English and Other Languages.
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W.. Exceptional Children; ISSN: 03/01/2005;

Comment 2.
Sridhar, Kamal K.. Journal of Multilingual & Multicultural Development; ISSN: 02/01/2005;

Did they take the same test? Examinee language proficiency and the structure of language tests.
Sang-Keun Shin. World Englishes; ISSN: 02/01/2005;

Peer assessment of language proficiency.
Cheng, Winnie; Warren, Martin. Language Testing; ISSN: 01/01/2005;

Promoting academic literacy with technology: successful laptop programs in K-12 schools.
Warschauer, Mark; Grant, David; Real, Gabriel Del; Rousseau, Michele. Language Testing; ISSN: 01/01/2005;

Attitudes and strategies as predictors of self-directed language learning in an EFL context.
Zhengdong Gan. System; ISSN: 12/01/2004;

Migrant Students with Limited English Proficiency.
Troia, Gary A.. International Journal of Applied Linguistics; ISSN: 11/01/2004;

Impact of English Language Proficiency on Receipt of Pap Smears Among Hispanics.
De Alba, Israel; Sweningson, Jamie M.; Handy, Christa C.; Hubbell, F. Allan. Remedial & Special Education; ISSN: 11/01/2004;

The Link Between Academic Success and L2 Proficiency in the Context of Two Professional Programs.
Bayliss, Doreen; Raymond, Patricia M.. JGIM: Journal of General Internal Medicine; ISSN: 09/01/2004;

Effects of a Transitional Bilingual Education Program: Findings, Issues, and Next Steps.
Hofstetter, Carolyn Huie. Canadian Modern Language Review; ISSN: 09/01/2004;

The relationship between Hispanic residential location and homeownership.
Toussaint-comeau, Maude; Rhine, Sherrie L. W.. Bilingual Research Journal; ISSN: 09/01/2004;

English Language Development Standards and Benchmarks: Policy Issues and a Call for More Focused Research.
Shin, Fay H.. Economic Perspectives; ISSN: 09/01/2004;

Language Attitudes in Multilingual Primary Schools in Fiji.
Shameem, Nikhat. Bilingual Research Journal; ISSN: 06/01/2004;

Immigrants' Language Skills: The Australian Experience in a Longitudinal Survey.
Chiswick, Barry R.; Yew Liang Lee; Miller, Paul W.. Language, Culture & Curriculum; ISSN: 06/01/2004;

What do we mean by bias, Englishes, Englishes in testing, and English language proficiency?
Brown, James Dean. International Migration Review; ISSN: 06/01/2004;

Storybook reading: Improving vocabulary and comprehension for English-language learners.
Hickman, Peggy; Pollard-durodola, Sharolyn; Vaughn, Sharon. World Englishes; ISSN: 05/01/2004;

Editorial.
Colpaert, Jozef. Reading Teacher; ISSN: 05/01/2004;

Performance of African-American Adolescents on a Measure of Language Proficiency.
Rivers, Kenyatta O.; Rosa-Lugo, Linda I.; Hedrick, Dona L.. Computer Assisted Language Learning; ISSN: 04/01/2004;

ORIGINAL ARTICLES The Effect of English Language Proficiency on Length of Stay and In-hospital Mortality.
John-Baptiste, Ava; Naglie, Gary; Tomlinson, George; Alibhai, Shabbir M. H.; Etchells, Edward; Cheung, Angela; Kapral, Moira; Gold, Wayne L.; Abrams, Howard; Bacchus, Maria; Krahn, Murray. Negro Educational Review; ISSN: 04/01/2004;

Professional Development Implications of Teachers' Beliefs and Attitudes Toward English Language Learners.
Karabenick, Stuart A.; Noda, Phyllis A. Clemens. JGIM: Journal of General Internal Medicine; ISSN: 03/01/2004;

Training Teachers of English Language Learners Using Their Students' First Language.
Minaya-Rowe, Liliana. Bilingual Research Journal; ISSN: 03/01/2004;

Meaning, proficiency and error types.
Deguchi, Ayako; Oshita, Hiroyuki. Journal of Latinos & Education; ISSN: 01/01/2004;

Cigarette smoking among Chinese Americans and the influence of linguistic acculturation.
Fu, Steven S.; Ma, Grace X.; Tu, Xin M.; Siu, Philip T.; Metlay, Joshua P.. EUROSLA Yearbook; ISSN: 01/01/2004;

Integrating ICT into second language education in a vocational high school.
Young, S.S.C.. Nicotine & Tobacco Research; ISSN: 12/01/2003;

Forum on Critical Language Pedagogy Toward A More Critical Orientation to ELT in Southeast Asia.
Toh, Glenn. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning; ISSN: 12/01/2003;

Forum on Norms and Testing Whose Norms? International Proficiency Tests in English.
Davies, Alan; Hamp-Lyons, Liz; Kemp, Charlotte. World Englishes; ISSN: 11/01/2003;

English Language Proficiency of Immigrants and Refugees in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area.
Fennelly, Katherine; Palasz, Nicole. World Englishes; ISSN: 11/01/2003;

ASSESSMENT OF THINKING STYLE PREFERENCES AND LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY FOR SOUTH AFRICAN STUDENTS WHOSE NATIVE LANGUAGES DIFFERS.
Maree, Jacobus G.; de Boer, Ann-Louise. International Migration; ISSN: 11/01/2003;

Student attitudes to the learning of English at secondary and tertiary levels.
Yang, Anson; Lau, Lucus. Psychological Reports; ISSN: 10/01/2003;

The Role of Language Proficiency in Predicting First Semester Results at University.
Eiselen, Riërte. System; ISSN: 03/01/2003;

Is performance in English as a second language a relevant criterion for admission to an English medium university?
Seelen, L.P.. International Studies in Educational Administration; ISSN: 12/01/2002;

Learning Language for Work and Life: The Linguistic Socialization of Immigrant Canadians Seeking Careers in Healthcare.
Duff, Patricia A.; Wong, Ping; Early, Margaret. Higher Education; ISSN: 09/01/2002;

Measuring Instructional Quality in Accountability Systems: Classroom Assignments and Student Achievement.
Abedi, Jamal. Modern Language Journal; ISSN: 09/01/2002;

Cultural identity profiles of Afrikaans and Southern Sotho learners of English: resource or hazard?
Rooy, Susan Coetzee-van. Educational Assessment; ISSN: 08/01/2002;

Phonological Awareness and Beginning Reading in Spanish-Speaking ESL First Graders: Research into Practice.
Quiroga, Teresa; Lemos-Britton, Zenia; Mostafapour, Elizabeth; Abbott, Robert D.; Berninger, Virginia W.. World Englishes; ISSN: 03/01/2002;

Sex and language proficiency level in color-naming performance: an ESL/EFL perspective.
Yang, Yonglin. Journal of School Psychology; ISSN: 01/01/2002;