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Is the Linguistic Approach an Improvement in Reading Instruction?

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Wardhaugh, Ronald – 1968

Selected research studies dealing with linguistics and reading are reviewed under the following headings: (1) claims by linguists, (2) research on phoneme-grapheme correspondences, (3) research comparing linguistic approaches with basal reader approaches, (4) modified alphabets, and (5) syntax studies. It is concluded that the missing dimension in…

Descriptors: Basic Reading, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Linguistics, Phonemics

Theories of Language Acquisition in Relation to Beginning Reading Instruction

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Wardhaugh, Ronald – Language Learning, 1971

Research funded by a contract from the U.S. Office of Education to Rutgers University. (DS)

Descriptors: Behavioral Sciences, Language Experience Approach, Language Research, Learning Theories