Commentary: Letter-Name Values in Reading and Spelling.

Durrell, Donald D.

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ERIC Number: EJ234116

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Publication Date: 1980

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Commentary: Letter-Name Values in Reading and Spelling.

Durrell, Donald D.

Reading Research Quarterly, v16 n1 p159-63 1980

Provides information concerning the value of letter names in the teaching of reading and spelling. Presents specific discussions about the importance of letter names to prereading phonics abilities, the phonemic values in letter names, and the use of letter names in word analysis, semantic word recognition, and semantic spelling. (MKM)

Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Letters (Alphabet), Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Phonics, Reading Instruction, Reading Processes, Reading Readiness, Semantics, Spelling Instruction

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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