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Garman, Dorothy – Reading Teacher, 1978
Reports research which shows that a wide gap exists between basal reader language and children's level of oral language development. (JM)
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Child Language, Language Acquisition

Gourley, Judith W. – Reading Teacher, 1978
Basal readers are supposed to be easy for children to read, but sometimes their language is so unnatural that it's more confusing than helpful. (MKM)
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Child Language, Language Patterns

Glazer, Susan Mandel – Reading Teacher, 1974
Reviews research using sentence length as a factor in predicting readability and discusses the possibility of sentence complexity as a more accurate variable. (TO)
Descriptors: Child Language, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns, Readability