Cristina O’Farrill Perea Research Methods

Article Analysis Dr. DiLorenzo

Article Analysis Table
Article Title: Teaching Spelling to English Language Learners Author(s): Lenski, Susan; Verbruggen, Frances
PROBLEM PURPOSE OF STUDY QUESTIONS/ HYPOTHESIS PROCEDURE
(p.3) (p. 1) (p. 2) (p.3)
Teachers feel they are doing Inform and offer educators how -What are the benefits and Ms. Bowden and Ms. Brennan
right by constantly correcting to design more effective writing drawbacks of the transfer of tried an error analysis of one of
students writing. But, strategies to teach and asses linguistic knowledge from the their ELLs’ writing to
researchers, Rob, Ross, and spelling with ELLs. student’s home language to understand the kinds of errors
Shortreed, suggests that English? that students make in writing.
marking errors does not make a (p.3)
difference in student writing. -Should teachers correct every
The problem was presented error with a red pen to indicate
through the creation of a mistakes in students’ writing?
hypothetical school setting
based on the researchers’
extensive observations inside
the classroom around the
country (USA). This article
presents an example of a recent
immigrant from Mexico, called
Rosi.
PARTICIPANTS/SAMPLING THEORETICAL INSTRUMENTS STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
FRAMEWORK
(p.3) (p.2) (p.2)
Ms. Bowden and Ms. Brennan Predictable errors that Spanish- Spanish- speaking students
ELLs named Rosi (recent speaking children make when made more spelling errors
immigrant from Mexico). spelling English words compared to native English-
speakers.
CONCLUSIONS/ FINDINGS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH
-Although Rosi had many writing errors, she was improving. (p.3) (p.4)
-Errors are actually a natural part of language development. (p. 3) Find effective ways to assess word meaning as well as spelling.