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Biemiller, Andrew – TESL Canada Journal, 2012
It is well-established that vocabulary is the strongest predictor of reading comprehension from grades 2 or 3 on. In this article, I argue (a) that English vocabulary is acquired in a similar sequence by native-English speakers and English-language learners; and (b) that it is possible to identify words that both lower-vocabulary English-speakers…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Reading Comprehension, Second Language Learning, Elementary School Students
Neuman, Susan B. – American Educator, 2010
In this article, the author talks about "Developing Early Literacy," the report of the National Early Literacy Panel. The panel, which consisted of nine experts, was convened by the National Institute for Literacy to synthesize the research on the development of literacy from birth through age 5. Over the eight years of their work, only 190…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Educational Research, Synthesis, Meta Analysis

Jenkins, Joseph R.; Dixon, Robert – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1983
The question of how to account for the growth of vocabulary knowledge that occurs during the elementary school years is addressed. Areas examined include the ways that word meanings are communicated, direct teaching of meanings, vocabulary instruction as part of reading instruction, and deriving and learning word meanings from verbal context.…
Descriptors: Context Clues, Elementary Education, Mnemonics, Predictor Variables

Sternberg, Robert J.; Powell, Janet S. – American Psychologist, 1983
Reviews three alternative cognitive approaches for verbal comprehension. Discusses a theory of learning from context and cites empirical data to support the theory. Presents a componential framework for understanding verbal comprehension and suggests that the ability to acquire information from context is a key source of individual differences in…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Context Clues
McGuinness, Diane – MIT Press (BK), 2005
Research on reading has tried, and failed, to account for wide disparities in reading skill even among children taught by the same method. Why do some children learn to read easily and quickly while others, in the same classroom and taught by the same teacher, don't learn to read at all? In "Language Development and Learning to Read", Diane…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Speech, Reading Research, Psycholinguistics