Can Four Year Olds "Read" Words in the Environment?.

Goodall, Marilyn

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Publication Date: 1984

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Can Four Year Olds "Read" Words in the Environment?

Goodall, Marilyn

Reading Teacher, v37 n6 p478-82 Feb 1984

Concludes that preschool children know that print conveys information, yet frequently use environmental cues rather than letter knowledge when they appear to read. (FL)

Descriptors: Child Language, Early Reading, Prereading Experience, Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Reading Skills, Word Recognition, Young Children

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Language: English

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