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Jialin Lai; Juan F. Quinonez-Beltran; R. Malatesha Joshi – Reading Research Quarterly, 2024
With the overwhelming "Anglocentric" or "alphabetocentric" science of reading, the current review aimed to add to the science of reading acquisition from the perspective of abugidic writing system, distinct from the well-research alphabetic writing system in multiple dimensions of orthographic complexity, as proposed by Daniels…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Bilingualism, Alphabets, Foreign Countries
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Gehsmann, Kristin M.; Mesmer, Heidi Anne – Reading Teacher, 2023
This article addresses the characteristics of learners in the emergent stage of literacy development and describes two instructional practices that facilitate the development of the alphabetic principle and concept of word in text.
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Beginning Reading, Early Reading, Phonological Awareness
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David L. Share – Reading Research Quarterly, 2025
In this essay, I outline some of the essential ingredients of a universal theory of reading acquisition, one that seeks to highlight commonalities while embracing the global diversity of languages, writing systems, and cultures. I begin by stressing the need to consider insights from multiple disciplines including neurobiology, cognitive science,…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Fluency, Reading Instruction, Reading Processes
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Danika L. Pfeiffer; Stacey L. Pavelko – Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 2023
Purpose: The purposes of this alphabet knowledge (AK) tutorial are to provide (a) a description of its developmental sequence, (b) evidence-based assessment considerations, (c) evidence-based intervention guidance, and (d) a discussion of three service delivery models that speech-language pathologists (SLPs) can use when providing intervention…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Emergent Literacy, Developmental Disabilities, Language Impairments
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Tortorelli, Laura S.; Bowles, Ryan P.; Skibbe, Lori E. – Reading Teacher, 2017
A firm foundation in alphabet knowledge is critical for children learning to read. Under new literacy standards, letter name knowledge in preschool and kindergarten can function as a gatekeeper to the rest of the curriculum. Teachers need data about their students' alphabet knowledge early and often to plan differentiated instruction that moves…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Kindergarten, Alphabets, Emergent Literacy
Tortorelli, Laura S.; Bowles, Ryan P.; Skibbe, Lori E. – Grantee Submission, 2017
Preschool and kindergarten teachers can assess and monitor their students' letter name knowledge in less than a minute per student using the freely available Quick Letter Name Knowledge assessment. The purpose of this article is to introduce the Quick Letter Name Knowledge assessment to early childhood educational practitioners. [This article was…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Kindergarten, Alphabets, Emergent Literacy
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Harris, Kathleen I.; Kinley, Hannah L.; Cook, Angela – Young Exceptional Children, 2017
One of early childhood teachers' first questions of parents with regard to school readiness is whether the child knows the ABCs (Hyson & Tomlinson, 2014). Crucial pre-reading and writing skills, such as oral language, phonological awareness, print awareness, and alphabet letter recognition, are important to children's cognitive development…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, School Readiness, Emergent Literacy, Alphabets
Marsh, Kathryn L.; Schladant, Michelle; Sudduth, Christina; Shearer, Rebecca; Dowling, Monica; Natale, Ruby – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2021
Although there are documented benefits and legislative mandates for children from birth through age 22, assistive technology (AT) is highly underused, especially among young children (Dunst & Trivette, 2011). One of the main reasons for this underuse is that while teachers are legally required to provide AT for children with disabilities, many…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Students with Disabilities, Educational Technology, Literacy Education
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Erickson, Joy Dangora; Wharton-McDonald, Ruth – Reading Teacher, 2019
The authors emphasize the importance of cultivating autonomous motivation for literacy in early childhood by supporting students' basic psychological needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness while building foundational skills. Additionally, the authors highlight four key findings specific to early childhood (pre-K-2) literacy development:…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Emergent Literacy, Early Childhood Education, Psychological Needs
Joosten, A. M. – NAMTA Journal, 2016
A. M. Joosten writes from his deep and long classroom experience of the many activities to use with the movable alphabet for solidifying language skills. He is always sensitive to situations where a child may have come late to the House of Children and therefore might need incentives to engage with the materials. This valuable information is for…
Descriptors: Written Language, Language Skills, Teaching Methods, Learning Activities
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Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast, 2021
This Study Snapshot highlights key findings from a study that examines up-to-date information about evidence-based practices that are essential for early childhood educators and policymakers as they support preschool children's language and literacy development. The study used a process modeled after the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) methodology…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Preschool Children, Language Acquisition, Emergent Literacy
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Tunmer, William E.; Hoover, Wesley A. – Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 2019
This article presents an overview of a conceptual framework designed to help reading professionals better understand what their students are facing as they learn to read in alphabetic writing systems. The US National Reading Panel (NRP) recommended five instructional components for improving reading outcomes but presented these instructional…
Descriptors: Remedial Reading, Reading Difficulties, Prevention, Reading Teachers
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Terrell, Pamela; Watson, Maggie – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2018
Purpose: As part of this clinical forum on curriculum-based intervention, the goal of this tutorial is to share research about the importance of language and literacy foundations in natural environments during emergent literacy skill development, from infancy through preschool. Following an overview of intervention models in schools by Powell…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Evidence Based Practice, Early Intervention, Preschool Education
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McBride, Catherine Alexandra – Educational Psychology Review, 2016
Some aspects of Chinese literacy development do not conform to patterns of literacy development in alphabetic orthographies. Four are highlighted here. First, semantic radicals are one aspect of Chinese characters that have no analogy to alphabetic orthographies. Second, the unreliability of phonological cues in Chinese along with the fact that…
Descriptors: Chinese, Language Acquisition, Alphabets, Orthographic Symbols
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Cabell, Sonia Q.; Tortorelli, Laura S.; Gerde, Hope K. – Reading Teacher, 2013
Providing preschoolers with rich writing experiences can help to lay a foundation for their later reading and writing success. Early writing experiences can be greatly enhanced by how preschool teachers answer young children's questions about writing and engage them in productive writing instruction. With appropriate scaffolding, early writing…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Writing Instruction, Teaching Methods, Emergent Literacy
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