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Developmental Differences in the Relationship between Oral Language Deficits and Reading.
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Snyder, Lynn S.; Downey, Doris M. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1997
Examines the influence that oral language deficits exert on children's ability to learn to read and to develop reading skills. Discusses evidence that points to deficient phonological awareness as the variable that best discriminates children with reading delay. The effects of deficit phonological awareness are described. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Decoding (Reading), Elementary Secondary Education, Influences
Whole Language and Its Potential for Developing Readers.
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Weaver, Constance – Topics in Language Disorders, 1991
This paper discusses major principles characterizing the whole language philosophy of teaching and learning; assumptions of the mechanistic and relational paradigms; whole language practices such as the Shared Book Experience and Reading Recovery for helping students with reading difficulties; and the potential of whole language for developing…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Educational Principles, Reading Difficulties, Reading Instruction
Emerging Literacy and Children with Severe Speech and Physical Impairments (SSPI): Issues and Possible Intervention Strategies.
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Pierce, Patsy L.; McWilliam, P. J. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1993
Research on emergent literacy is applied to children with severe speech and physical impairments (SSPI). Factors shown to have the greatest influence on emerging literacy skills are identified, as are diverging experiences of young children with SSPI. Intervention strategies suggested for these children include increasing access to books and…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Emergent Literacy, Intervention, Literacy Education
Phonemic Awareness: A Complex Developmental Process.
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Norris, Janet A.; Hoffman, Paul R. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2002
This article uses a developmental model of language (Situational- Discourse-Semantics or SDS), along with a constellation or neuro-network model, to describe the developmental emergence of phonemic awareness. Ten sources of phonemic awareness are profiled along with developmental continuum, providing an integrated view of this complex development.…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Child Development, Developmental Stages, Elementary Education
What Speech-Language Pathologists Need To Know about Early Reading.
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Snow, Catherine E.; Scarborough, Hollis S.; Burns, M. Susan – Topics in Language Disorders, 1999
This article summarizes the National Research Council's conclusions concerning key developmental milestones in the various domains relevant to reading success, including phonological awareness, letter identification, the alphabetic principle, automatic word recognition, and comprehension strategies. Beneficial opportunities for preschoolers and…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Developmental Stages, Early Childhood Education, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence
Graphic Representational Systems and Literacy Learning.
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McNaughton, Shirley – Topics in Language Disorders, 1993
This article explores the effect of augmentative and alternative communication systems on literacy acquisition by young children with severe speech and physical impairments. The possibility of a relationship between the type of graphic symbols used for communication as a preschooler and the child's early reading competency is considered. (DB)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Child Development, Communication Disorders, Early Childhood Education