Derivational Morphology: Why It Should Be Included in Language Assessment and Instruction.

Moats, Louisa Cook; Smith, Cheryl

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ERIC Number: EJ457508

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Publication Date: 1992

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Derivational Morphology: Why It Should Be Included in Language Assessment and Instruction.

Moats, Louisa Cook; Smith, Cheryl

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, v23 n4 p312-19 Oct 1992

This article reviews recent research on children's knowledge and acquisition of derivational morphology across studies of listening, speaking, reading, and spelling. The paper concludes that this dimension of language organization deserves more attention than it now receives in language instruction. (Author/JDD)

Descriptors: Affixes, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Knowledge Level, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns, Morphemes, Morphology (Languages), Student Evaluation, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses

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Language: English

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