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Download full textBoutorwick, T. J.; Macalister, John; Elgort, Irina – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2019
One avenue for developing second language (L2) vocabulary knowledge is through Extensive Reading (ER). ER can provide opportunities for incidental learning to occur. Class time is often too restricted for sufficient attention to deliberate learning (Hunt & Beglar, 2005) meaning ER is important for L2 vocabulary development. This article builds…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Cairney, Trevor H.; And Others – 1995
As part of a larger Australian study on family literacy, this study obtained information about a wide range of family or community literacy initiatives currently in operation in Australia. The study was interested in how the language and literacy learning of students from a variety of schools and communities was influenced by the involvement of…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Family Literacy, Foreign Countries, Parent Participation
Peer reviewedTanner, J. – Reading, 2000
Evaluates one aspect of the Read It Project, a community literacy project initiated and managed by Leeds Education 2000. Focuses on the reading attitudes and behavior of 61 children who attended Read It Clubs in 1998-1999. Concludes children enjoyed the Read It Clubs they attended, valued the experience, and believed they gained from it. (RS)
Descriptors: Community Programs, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Literacy
Dollerup, Cay; And Others – SPIEL: Siegener Periodicum zur Internationalen Empirischen Litteraturwissenschaft, 1990
This article describes a series of Scandinavian studies in reader response from 1968 to 1990. Studies chronologically discussed in the article are: (1) "Rhythm in Poetry"; (2) "The Esthetic Experience"; (3) "Meaning in Literary Texts"; (4) "Tension"; (5) the "Ram" study; (6) the…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Folk Culture, Foreign Countries, Interdisciplinary Approach
Clay, Marie M. – 1990
Presented by the originator of the project, this speech addresses Reading Recovery as a prevention model to reduce literacy problems, as a model of what an early intervention strategy based on grounded theory looks like, and as a breakthrough in a conceptual barrier pointing to what is possible. Sections of the speech include: (1) "Who Needs…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 1, High Risk Students, Instructional Effectiveness
Peer reviewedSmith, C.; Whiteley, H. – Reading, 2000
Surveys experiences of 101 primary school teachers of the newly introduced Literacy Hour--about the training and preparation they had received, the implementation of the Literacy Hour, its effectiveness and how children with special difficulties are differentially affected. Reports on other aspects of the Literacy Hour, such as ability…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Effectiveness, Primary Education, Program Descriptions
van Dongen, Dre – 1981
In the Netherlands, explicit beginning reading instruction usually starts in grade one. The children learn grapheme-phoneme correspondences, blending, and phonemic analysis. However, some children experience difficulties in beginning reading that the existing educational procedures are not adequate to resolve. One possible solution being…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Foreign Countries, Grade 1, Primary Education
Dollerup, Cay, Ed.; And Others – 1979
A detailed plan for stages one and two of the interdisciplinary Turko-Danish Fairytale Project is presented in this paper and factors considered in the project's research design are discussed in depth. The first section describes the working hypotheses of the project--that there are primordial patterns in the response to literature that are common…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Fairy Tales, Folk Culture, Foreign Countries
Nicholson, Tom – 1994
Taking into account what research says about getting all children off to a better start in becoming literate, this booklet discusses recent "cutting-edge" research in the area of reading and spelling acquisition, focusing on the practical implications. The first part of the booklet notes what happens in the homes of early readers,…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Reading, Emergent Literacy, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedBarratt-Pugh, Caroline; Rohl, Mary – Reading Teacher, 2001
Describes a one-year research project in a Western Australia primary school in a low socioeconomic area, which has a Khmer-English bilingual program to develop and extend children's English and Khmer language and literacy. Discusses findings concerning the children's written progress in both languages, and children's perceptions of their identity…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Cambodian, Cambodians
Schick, George B., Ed.; May, Merrill M., Ed. – 1969
Focusing on the psychology of reading behavior, the 36 articles in this volume were drawn from the eighteenth annual meeting of the National Reading Conference held in 1968. Among the topics discussed in the articles are the following: eye movement, the psychology of reading behavior, reading improvement, reading tests, reading research, leisure…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Grammar
Shick, George B., Ed.; May, Merrill M., Ed. – 1966
Focusing on new frontiers in college and adult reading, the papers in this volume were drawn from the fifteenth annual meeting of the National Reading Conference held in 1965. Among the topics covered in the 26 papers are the following: reading in the Guatemalan environment, the use of instrumentation in reading, correlates of concentration, the…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Conference Reports, Content Area Reading
Mickelson, Norma; Davies, Anne – 1987
Focusing on a whole language program for the middle grades in Canada's Northwest Territories, this interview transcript consists of responses by Anne Davies, a teacher from Yellow Knife, in the Northwest Territories, and currently a doctoral student, to questions posed by Norma Mickelson, a professor at the University of Victoria in British…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Content Area Reading, Foreign Countries
