This paper examines the relationship between literacy skills and comprehension of health information by studying mothers of young children in a high-density urban area in Zambia. Both decontextualized language and print literacy skills were assessed for each woman and the resulting scores were related to her comprehension of both broadcast and printed health information. The results indicate th...

Early childhood research and policy have promoted the use of language literacy assessment data to inform instruction. Yet, there is a limited understanding preschool teachers’ practices sensemaking, particularly when considered from perspectives practicing teachers. In this multicase study, we used phenomenological approach generate theory about in relation supporting children’s outcomes. Twent...

Computer literacy is just as important in our modern world twenty-first century, digital literacies effectively prepare learners to acquire develop and for better job prospects. The aims of this study analyses assessment language education lecturers’ computer skills towards e-learning. adopted descriptive research the survey type. population consisted all lecturers department Language Education...

Assessment and evaluation are the cornerstones of the education and health fields. Assessment provides professionals with measures of educational achievement, health and functional status, and acts as an operational starting point for curricular and/or treatment planning and allows professionals to gain an understanding of the child to make informed decisions regarding education or treatment. E...

background: poor literacy can impede one’s ability not only to seek out needed health information but also to process, understand and use it to make appropriate health care decisions. the objective of the study was to assess the health literacy among adult patients seeking oral health care at in a private dental hospital in bangalore, karnataka, india. materials and methods: a cross sectional q...

The aim of this study was to find valid neurocognitive precursors of literacy development in first language (L1, Norwegian) and second language (L2, English) in a group of children during their Pre-literacy, Emergent Literacy and Literacy stages, by comparing children with dyslexia and a typical group. Children who were 5 years old at project start were followed until the age of 11, when dyslex...

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate Language Assessment literacy (LAL) level of EFL instructors who are teaching communicative English language courses in three South West Ethiopian public higher educational institutions.
 Approach/Methodology/Design: The employed a descriptive research design, which involves quantitative data gathering tool. Accordingly, questionnaire was used collec...

Author(s): Sneddon, Raymonde. Article Title: Language and Literacy: Children’s Experiences in Multilingual Environments Year of publication: 2000 Citation: Sneddon,R. (2000) 'Language and Literacy: Children’s Experiences in Multilingual environments.' International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 3 (4) 265-282. Link to published version: http://www.multilingual-matters.net/10.10...

OBJECTIVE To develop and validate a short health literacy assessment tool for Portuguese-speaking adults. METHODS The Short Assessment of Health Literacy for Portuguese-speaking Adults is an assessment tool which consists of 50 items that assess an individual's ability to correctly pronounce and understand common medical terms. We evaluated the instrument's psychometric properties in a conven...