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The Impact of Word Study Intervention on Adult English Learners’ Spelling and Reading
Massengill Shaw, Donita
Massengill Shaw, Donita
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to document the impact of an instructional approach, Word Study, on adults’ spelling and reading. Forty-nine adults enrolled in ESL classes at a community-based site in the United States from January through May and were tested on the Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System, the Elementary Spelling Inventory and the Developmental Spelling Analysis. This study employed a mixed-methodology including statistical and qualitative analyses. The results showed significant growth for the adult students on their spelling and reading scores and positive response to the intervention. Reasons for why this approach is valuable to educators are addressed in the discussion.
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A grant from the One-University Open Access Fund at the University of Kansas was used to defray the author’s publication fees in this Open Access journal. The Open Access Fund, administered by librarians from the KU, KU Law, and KUMC libraries, is made possible by contributions from the offices of KU Provost, KU Vice Chancellor for Research & Graduate Studies, and KUMC Vice Chancellor for Research. For more information about the Open Access Fund, please see http://library.kumc.edu/authors-fund.xml.
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2014-03-01
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Word study, Reading, Spelling, Adults, English learners
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Shaw, Donita Massengill. "The Impact of Word Study Intervention on Adult English Learners’ Spelling and Reading" Journal of Language Teaching and Research, Vol 5, No 2 (2014), 245-252, Mar 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.4304/jltr.5.2.245-252