Esther Geva

Understanding the impact of COVID-19 on reading comprehension in Canadian and US university students: a multi-componential approach

Principal investigators: Kuperman, Victor

Keywords: reading; second language acquisition; post-secondary education; pandemic

Toward Standardizing a Test of Higher Order Language

Principal investigators: Geva, Esther

Keywords: higher order language; higher order thinking; pragmatics; figurative language; language ambiguity; metaphor; hyperbole; personification; idioms

Child and youth refugee research coalition (CYRRC): using research to inform best practices for language, literacy, learning, social integration, and child and family wellbeing

Keywords: Syrian child refugees; youth refugees; refugee families; immigrants; services; resilience; language; literacy; learning; literacy; social integration; wellbeing

Timely Identification and Intervention of English Language Learners Who Are At-risk for Learning Disabilities

Principal investigators: Li, Miao

Keywords: (1) Learning Disabilities; (2) English Language Learners; (3) Early Identification; (4) Early Intervention; (5) Second Language Education; (6) Assessment; (7) Language Acquisition; (8) Bilingual Education; (9) Literacy; (10) Over- and under-identification

Development of Test of Higher Order Language: Tryout Testing and Final Item Selection

Principal investigators: Farnia, Fataneh

Keywords: (1) Figuarative Language; (2) Language ambiguity; (3) Metaphor; (4) Hyperbole; (5) Personification; (6) Idioms; (7) Higher order language; (8) Higher order thinking; (9) Pragmatics; (10) Semantic-Pragmatic

Dynamic Assessment of Early Immersion Literacy Learning Competences: A Cross-linguistic and Cross-national Perspective

Principal investigators: Chen, Xi

Keywords: (1) Dynamic assessment; (2) Lexical specificity; (3) Speech perception; (4) Vocabulary; (5) Phonological awareness

Altering the academic achievement trajectory of recent adolescent immigrants: an after school community-based intervention targeting language and reading related strategic knowledge

Principal investigators: Geva, Esther

Keywords: adolescent immigrants; academic vocabulary; reading strategies; ESL; systematic intervention; tutoring

Models of reading comprehension in older elementary students who learn to read their second language, English: a comparison of simultaneous or sequential biliteracy

Principal investigators: Gottardo, Alexandra

Keywords: reading comprehension models; reading development; English as a second language

Literacy development of English language learners

Principal investigators: Chen, Xi

Keywords: reading; English language learners; morpholgoical awareness; orthographic processing; Spanish; Chinese

Vocabulary development in ESL students: what develops and how can it be enhanced

Principal investigators: Geva, Esther

Keywords: vocabulary; root words; morphological awareness; text cohesion; upper elementary; newcomers; esl; developmental trajectories; cognitive predictors; intervention outcomes; reading comprehension;home language; demographic factors; teacher training; theory