… academic language. This paper examines the conflicting de nitions and conceptualisations
of academic language … the linguistic demands made by academic interactions will lead to the …

… language minority learners and native German speakers for the comprehension of academic
language than for the comprehension of everyday language. Given their particularly poor …

… (DIF) in a reading comprehension test for language-minority students on the one hand and
… features of academic language correlate with DIF disfavoring language-minority students, …

… agreement about what is meant by academic language. Although this has been … be academic
language and inquiring about its role in the school success of language-minority children. …

… the schooling of the language minority child would include an … the academic vulnerability of
the language minority child is, in … of academic activities influence academic performance and, …

The limited educational outcomes of children hum language minority backgrounds is a well
documented fact-see eg The Condition of Education. 1981 (National Center for Education …

… 472 children (N = 281 language minority learners) we found evidence of a Matthew effect with
the group of language minority … of academic language in monolingual as well as language …

… in the field of languageminority education in the United States: the use of a minority language
for … This was the bottom-line purpose of the Ramirez study--to compare language-minority …

… The workshop was designed to elicit advice from experts in educational research on language
minority students and bolster the committee’s knowledge base in certain areas, including …

… language minorities in the past, such as the midwest. This trend has been stimulated by a
desire for employment and a lower cost of living (Education Week, September 11, 1996). Most …