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Ball, Eileen Wynne – Topics in Language Disorders, 1997
Reviews the relationship between phonological awareness and early reading. Follow-up data from a group of 38 first-grade children who had low letter-sound knowledge in kindergarten found that those who received phonological awareness intervention in kindergarten performed better than their first-grade peers on word recognition and reading decoding…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Decoding (Reading), Followup Studies, Intervention

Milosky, Linda M. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1990
This article discusses the concept of world knowledge and its relevance to intervention processes. Roles of linguistic and physical context in interpretation and levels of speaker experience are discussed. Levels of involvement are related to communication goals, and these principles are extended to applications in the teaching of language skills.…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Comprehension, Context Effect, Elementary Secondary Education