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LaSasso, Carol – Perspectives for Teachers of the Hearing Impaired, 1986
The article discusses the advantages and disadvantages of the language experience approach and the basal reader approach to reading instruction for hearing impaired students. Suggestions are offered to parents regarding evaluating the effectiveness of their child's reading program. (CL)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Hearing Impairments, Language Enrichment
Peer reviewedElley, Warwick B. – Language Learning, 1991
Outlines empirical studies of the effects of "book floods" on elementary school students' acquisition of a second language, indicating that exposure to an extensive range of high-interest illustrated story books encourages children to read and learn the target language more quickly, as well as develop positive attitudes toward books. (38…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, English (Second Language), High Interest Low Vocabulary Books, Language Attitudes
Peer reviewedTaylor, Nancy E.; And Others – Reading Research Quarterly, 1986
Describes a project that (1) developed a teacher training curriculum intervention program to create classroom environments conducive to children's literacy development, (2) ascertained the degree to which teachers were able to implement such a program, (3) discerned the observable factors which characterized implementing classrooms, and (4)…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Comparative Analysis, Inservice Teacher Education
