Reviews the literature in the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) on whole word lists. (RB)

Investigates the relative difficulty of learning Japanese word kanji and syllable kana. (AA)

Analyzes four basal reading series to ascertain current usage of the words on the Dolch List. Reports that the listed words continue to be widely used and that the list remains a potent force in elementary school reading programs. (TJ)

Considers solutions to beginning readers' problems with decoding, syntax, semantics, text organization, and differences between spoken and written language. (DD)

Reviews recent innovations in language arts instruction and provides lists of materials children read and books children might make. (DD)

Reviews some of the research on the effectiveness of direct versus incidental instruction of beginning reading. (MKM)

Explores the characteristics and implications of the "new sentence method" of learning to read. (JM)

Investigated was the development of the process whereby 63 deaf children (9-14 years old) attended to the orthographic structure of tachistoscopically presented verbal materials. (Author/DB)

Briefly discusses research on consonant substitution and presents a five-step teaching strategy to help beginning readers use the words they know to figure out the words they don't know. (JM)

This study examined how 52 children, aged 5 to 7 years, were heard to read in school by teachers and at home by parents. Analysis of tape recordings in terms of moves made by adults resulted in a descriptive system of 21 moves. Findings are discussed. (Author/MT)

Crosby Bonsall, a prolific author-illustrator for young readers, comments on many topics related to writing, illustrating, and young children's initial independent encounters with print in books. (HOD)

Finds no relationship between young children's ability to attend to text and to nominate a greater number of purposes for learning to read. (FL)

Describes a technique for beginning levels of an approach to teaching reading skills to students of English as a second language. Considers three reading skills--scanning, skimming, and reading for deeper comprehension. The technique uses a reading objectives grid which describes the types and objectives of questions to ask. (SED)

Parents can help young children learn to read or become better readers. Activities designed to be done at home each evening are suggested to teach and reinforce beginning reading skills. (MT)

The article reviews research on phonemic analysis in beginning reading instruction. Research is of two types: (1) evidence that children with reading difficulties also have difficulties analyzing the phonological structure of speech; and (2) data showing that training for awareness of phonemic segments can help in learning to read. (Author/CL)