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Peer reviewedMickelson, Norma I. – Reading Teacher, 1969
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Disadvantaged Youth, Grade 4, Language Experience Approach
Peer reviewedWasik, Barbara A.; Bond, Mary Alice – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2001
The effects of a book reading technique called interactive book reading on the language and literacy development of 4-year-olds from low-income families were evaluated. Teachers read books to children and reinforced vocabulary in the books by presenting objects that represented the words and providing opportunities to use the words. (BF)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Creative Teaching, Language, Language Skills
Reading Newsreport, 1971
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Filmstrips, Instructional Materials, Reading Difficulties
Download full textLiberman, Isabelle Y.; And Others – 1973
Speech research suggests why phoneme segmentation is more difficult than syllable segmentation. This study provides direct evidence of a developmental ordering of syllable and phoneme segmentation abilities in the young child. By means of a task which required preschool, kindergarten, and first grade children to tap out the number of segments in…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Child Language, Early Childhood Education, Phonemes
Muller, Douglas C. – J Psychol, 1970
Descriptors: Adults, Beginning Reading, Learning Processes, Learning Theories
Peer reviewedGalda, Lee; And Others – Research in the Teaching of English, 1989
Examines the predictive relations among symbolic play, the use of metalinguistic verbs and emergent literacy for preschool children. Describes different regression models for older and younger children and suggests that L.S. Vygotsky's and David Olson's theories of literacy are developmentally complementary. (KEH)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Beginning Writing, Classroom Research, Emergent Literacy
Davis, O. L., Jr.; Seifert, Joan G. – Elementary English, 1967
A linguistic analysis of five children's books, randomly selected from the "Modern Masters Books for Children" series, described the features of language found in books for beginning readers and demonstrated the value of structural analysis in reading research. Four linguistic measures were applied to each book: 1) the average number of words in a…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Beginning Reading, Books, Child Language
Moe, Alden J. – 1974
Vocabulary diversity is a measure either of the language spoken within a fixed time period or of the total utterances, sentences, or words. To measure children's language development as revealed by the diversity of their spoken expression, a comparison was made of the vocabulary of 15 first-grade children of average ability, of first-grade primers…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Books, Childrens Literature, Grade 1
Menyuk, Paula – 1972
Universal trends and individual variations in the language development process of the child are described and their relationships to beginning reading instruction are discussed. Child language begins with single word utterances to name things or to express needs and feelings. With a two-word utterance, the child can describe relationships more…
Descriptors: Basic Vocabulary, Beginning Reading, Child Language, Generative Grammar
Martinez, Miriam G. – 1977
The sentences in two first grade basal readers were categorized using Joan Tough's language function classification system to determine whether lower level basal readers allowed children to use their knowledge of language functions in reading. The range of language functions and language uses in the basals was compared to those that Tough found in…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Child Language, Children
Peer reviewedShapiro, Jon; Doiron, Ray – Childhood Education, 1987
Examines six major preconditions for literacy that are rooted in the home environment and discusses some of the implications of this home literacy environment for schools. (Author/PCB)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Childhood Education, Experiential Learning, Family Environment
VAN ALLEN, ROACH – 1967
A LANGUAGE-EXPERIENCE PROGRAM INCLUDING SPELLING, LISTENING, READING, WRITING, AND SPEAKING IS DISCUSSED. THE TEACHER HELPS EACH CHILD BECOME INCREASINGLY SENSITIVE TO HIS ENVIRONMENT AND SUCCEED THROUGH A VARIETY OF LANGUAGE EXPERIENCES. TWENTY LANGUAGE EXPERIENCES ARE GROUPED INTO THREE CATEGORIES TO AID THE TEACHER IN SELECTING APPROPRIATE…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Integrated Activities, Language Arts, Language Enrichment
Friedman, Sheila – 1985
L. S. Vygotsky's book "Mind in Society" was published more than 50 years ago in Russia, but it is now being recognized as relevant to contemporary research in child development because of the areas of investigation that he suggested. Vygotsky views children as active participants in their own learning and suggests that researchers…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Child Development, Child Language, Child Psychology
