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The Cambridge Handbook of Language Learning. Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics
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Schwieter, John W., Ed.; Benati, Alessandro, Ed. – Cambridge University Press, 2019
Providing a comprehensive survey of cutting-edge work on second language learning, this "Handbook," written by a team of leading experts, surveys the nature of second language learning and its implications for teaching. Prominent theories and methods from linguistics, psycholinguistics, processing-based, and cognitive approaches are…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Educational Theories
The Source for Learning & Memory Strategies.
Richards, Regina G. – 2003
This book is a comprehensive guide to learning and memory strategies for all students and especially those with learning problems. Chapter 1, on memory and the brain, explains brain cells, the cortex, function of the cerebral lobes, and other brain structures. Chapter 2 examines the memory process and discusses sensory memory, short-term memory,…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Arts, Learning Problems
Reading and Understanding. Series on the Development of the Reading Process.
Danks, Joseph; Pezdek, Kathy – 1980
This monograph, the sixth in a series on the development of the reading process, is concerned with the development of reading comprehension. In the first chapter, "Comprehension in Listening and Reading: Same or Different," Joseph H. Danks analyzes the evidence for the proposition that tbe comprehension processes for language in print and language…
Descriptors: Adults, Comprehension, Elementary Secondary Education, Listening Comprehension
Reading Without Nonsense.
Smith, Frank – 1979
The purpose of this book is to contribute to an understanding of the nature of reading so that teachers can decide how to teach children in a way that will enable children to make sense of what they read. The process of reading, the perceptual and language skills involved in reading, the nature of memory and comprehension, and the way that…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Memory, Psycholinguistics
Inspiring Independent Learning: Successful Classroom Strategies. The Inspired Classroom Series.
Rafoth, Mary Ann – 1999
This book provides examples of embedded learning and study strategies, all of which represent success stories used by teachers and support teams in real classrooms. Seven chapters focus on: (1) "Overview: The Teacher's Role in Inspiring Independent Learning"; (2) "Primary Grades: Building a Strong Foundation" (e.g., simple memory strategies,…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education, Independent Study, Memory
Vocabulary Acquisition: Implications for Reading Comprehension
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Wagner, Richard K., Ed.; Muse, Andrea E., Ed.; Tannenbaum, Kendra R., Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2006
Understanding a text requires more than the ability to read individual words: it depends greatly on vocabulary knowledge. This important book brings together leading literacy scholars to synthesize cutting-edge research on vocabulary development and its connections to reading comprehension. The volume also reviews an array of approaches to…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Reading Comprehension, Reading Skills, Language Processing
Understanding Reading: A Psycholinguistic Analysis of Reading and Learning to Read. Third Edition.
Smith, Frank – 1986
The purpose of the third edition of this book is to explore what must be involved in reading by addressing such topics as language, information theory, learning theory, the development of spoken language ability, and the physiology of the eye and brain. It is designed to serve as a handbook for language arts teachers, a text on the psychology of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Decoding (Reading), Language Acquisition, Language Processing