Academic English (AE) refers to the language used in school to help students acquire and
use knowledge. This article reviews current literature to determine what is known about the …

Despite a long‐standing awareness of academic language as a pedagogically relevant
research area, the construct of academic‐language proficiency, understood as a more …

There is a growing body of research on the role of linguistic features (LF) in comprehension
and performance in science and math. Of particular interest is which LF facilitate or hinder …

Beyond academic vocabulary, the constellation of skills that comprise academic language
proficiency has remained imprecisely defined. This study proposes an expanded …

Several studies have shown that the linguistic complexity of items in achievement tests may
cause performance disadvantages for second language learners. However, the relative …

English language development or proficiency (ELD/P) standards promise to play an
important role in the instruction and assessment of the language development of English …

Academic language is frequently assumed to be especially challenging for students from
families of low socioeconomic status (SES) and even more so for language‐minority …

Science performance is highly affected by students' reading comprehension. Recently, there
has been a growing attention to the role of linguistic features for science performance, but …

Comprehending a mathematical modelling task is a central prerequisite for the following
modelling process. In this study, we investigated the roles that the language proficiency of …

This study surveys claims in research articles regarding linguistic properties of mathematical
texts, focusing on claims supported by empirical or logical arguments. It also performs a …