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Peer reviewedFujiki, Martin; Brinton, Bonnie – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1987
Thirteen subjects (aged 5:6 to 6:6) with language disorders were given elicited imitation and spontaneous language tasks, and their performance was compared among and within subjects. The two procedures produced significantly correlated results for some children but not for others. Analysis of specific syntactic forms also produced variable…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Expressive Language, Imitation, Language Acquisition
Robinson, Richard D.; Hulett, Joycelin – 1984
Intended for parents and educators, this monograph briefly describes the relationship between the language processes of reading and writing and suggests some ways language development can be encouraged in young children. The monograph begins by recognizing that writing is a process consisting of prewriting, writing, and rewriting, and urges…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Language Acquisition, Language Enrichment, Language Experience Approach
Download full textSulzby, Elizabeth – 1981
Kindergarten children differ in how close they are to becoming readers and writers. A study investigated the dictated and handwritten materials of 24 kindergarten children. In each of two sessions, three language productions were obtained: a told story, a dictated story, and a handwritten story. Additionally, samples of rereading and editing were…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Educational Research, Handwriting, Kindergarten
Harste, Jerome C.; And Others – 1981
The first of a two-volume final report, this document focuses on a study of written language growth and development among 3-, 4-, 5-, and 6-year old children. The first section of the document contains five essays dealing with race, sex, age, socioeconomic status, and language; orchestrating the literacy event; reading and writing as…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Developmental Stages, Handwriting Skills, Language Acquisition
Miller, Bonnie L. – 1982
Research indicates that reading and writing should be learned together since both are language processes, and that children should be shown how the skills they have acquired during learning to read apply to learning to write. A language experience approach is useful for accomplishing this. Many aspects of writing point out the integrative…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Family Influence, Integrated Activities, Language Acquisition
Sulzby, Elizabeth – 1981
This report gives a history of the 1979-80 segment of a continuing project that is designed to provide a theoretically based description of children's transition from prereading to reading, along with tools that teachers may use to assess children's emerging literacy abilities. The first chapter provides an introduction to the project, while the…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Reading, Elementary Education, Fantasy
