The Role of Language Skills in Mid-Adolescents' Science Summaries

Autor/inn/en	Uccelli, Paola; Deng, Ziyun; Phillips Galloway, Emily; Qin, Wenjuan
Titel	The Role of Language Skills in Mid-Adolescents' Science Summaries
Quelle	In: Journal of Literacy Research, 51 (2019) 3, S.357-380 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Uccelli, Paola) Weitere Informationen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1086-296X
DOI	10.1177/1086296X19860206
Schlagwörter	Language Skills; Writing Skills; Grade 6; Grade 7; Middle School Students; Longitudinal Studies; Science Instruction; Syntax; Academic Language; Receptive Language; Language Tests; Skill Development; Student Diversity; Reading Comprehension; Predictor Variables; Form Classes (Languages); Vocabulary Skills; Accuracy; Writing Evaluation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Academic; Language; Languages; Akademiker; Sprache; Wissenschaftssprache; Rezeptive Kommunikationsfähigkeit; Language test; Sprachtest; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Leseverstehen; Prädiktor; Analytischer Sprachbau; Aktiver Wortschatz
Abstract	Mid-adolescence is a period of considerable potential growth in the language for academic writing. Yet, to date, few writing studies explore language development during this period and even fewer focus on longitudinal or diverse samples. In this study, we examined the development of language skills for academic writing in a socio-economically diverse sample followed from sixth to seventh grade (n = 124). In each grade, participants wrote summaries of a science text. Subsequently, summaries were scored for writing quality (WQ) and analyzed for productive language skills (lexico-syntactic and discourse features). Participants completed a receptive academic language assessment and a test that measured reading comprehension of the source text. First, we examined if WQ or productive language skills changed over time. Next, we tested if Grade 6 productive and receptive language skills predicted Grade 7 WQ. Results revealed syntactic growth over time. Grade 6 use of connectives and receptive language skills emerged as predictors of Grade 7 WQ. (As Provided).
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Update	2021/2/06