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dc.contributor.authorMassengill Shaw, Donita
dc.date.accessioned2014-04-11T21:24:22Z
dc.date.available2014-04-11T21:24:22Z
dc.date.issued2014-03-01
dc.identifier.citationShaw, 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
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/13471
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dc.description.abstractThe 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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dc.subjectWord study
dc.subjectReading
dc.subjectSpelling
dc.subjectAdults
dc.subjectEnglish learners
dc.titleThe Impact of Word Study Intervention on Adult English Learners’ Spelling and Reading
dc.typeArticle
kusw.kuauthorMassengill Shaw, Donita
kusw.kudepartmentEducation-Curriculum & Teaching
kusw.oastatusfullparticipation
dc.identifier.doi10.4304/jltr.5.2.245-252
kusw.oaversionScholarly/refereed, publisher version
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