Christine Javier
List of John Benjamins publications in which Christine Javier is involved.
Articles
2016 Reading comprehension: The role of acculturation, language dominance, and socioeconomic status in cross-linguistic relations The Acquisition and Processing of Spanish and Portuguese Morphosyntax: Theoretical and experimental issues, Klassen, Rachel, Anahí Alba de la Fuente, Joanne Markle LaMontagne and Almudena Basanta y Romero-Valdespino (eds.), pp. 613–639 | Article
The role of first language (L1) skills in second language (L2) achievement is often investigated to assist learners in acquiring their L2. There are several factors that may influence potential relations among Spanish and English measures (e.g., age of L2 acquisition, social status, among others). read more
2016 Bidirectional cross-linguistic relations of first and second language skills in reading comprehension of Spanish-speaking English learners Cross-linguistic Transfer in Reading in Multilingual Contexts, Zaretsky, Elena and Mila Schwartz (eds.), pp. 65–92 | Article
This study examines the bidirectional, cross-linguistic associations between language and word-level reading skills and reading comprehension for 51 students in grades 4 to 6 who speak Spanish as first language (L1) and English as second language (L2). Within-language predictors of reading… read more
2014 Bidirectional cross-linguistic relations of first and second language skills in reading comprehension of Spanish-speaking English learners Cross-linguistic transfer in reading in multilingual contexts – recent research trends, Zaretsky, Elena and Mila Schwartz (eds.), pp. 62–88 | Article
This study examines the bidirectional, cross-linguistic associations between language and word-level reading skills and reading comprehension for 51 students in grades 4 to 6 who speak Spanish as first language (L1) and English as second language (L2). Within-language predictors of reading… read more