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Cambourne, Brian – Australian Journal of Reading, 1986
Explores the consequences of not developing competence in oral forms of the second language, which is the intermediate step in the recommended sequence of bilingual literacy development. (JK)
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedLanguage Arts, 1987
Contributors discuss (1) the role of teacher explanation, (2) packaged teaching programs, and (3) motivating children to write poetry. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Language Acquisition, Language Arts
Download full textTway, Eileen – 1985
Intended to help elementary school children integrate the skills of writing and reading at an early age, this booklet discusses research concerning the cognitive processes and acquisition of reading and writing skills, and presents teaching methods and resources to help young children make the connection. The first half of the booklet explores…
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Cognitive Processes, Early Reading
Smith, Vernon H. – 1984
To see what effects practice--frequent writing without teacher correction--would have on the writing of students in grades one and two in one small elementary school, writing samples were collected from all pupils at each grade level in October and May. Five factors were examined: general impression, length, vocabulary, spelling, and syntactic…
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Grade 1, Grade 2, Language Acquisition
Warash, Barbara Gibson – 1984
The West Virginia University Child Development Laboratory has successfully used microcomputers as a complement to their language experience approach to teaching three- and four-year-old children. The computer acts as a motivational tool, and gives children the opportunity to produce perfectly typed pictures or letters. The first encounter a child…
Descriptors: Child Language, Childhood Attitudes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Language Acquisition
Baghban, Marcia – 1986
A case study detailed the influence of a nine-year-old female sibling on the writing development of her younger brother, from the time he was 18 months old until he was 28 months old. General and significant interactions, such as the boy's oral language milestones and the books the children shared, were recorded in a journal by their mother.…
Descriptors: Birth Order, Case Studies, Child Language, Child Role
Marlow, Leslie – 1987
Small children are very imaginative, and teachers should provide varied experiences to encourage continued growth of their imaginations. Classroom instructional settings can be full of discovery and learning if teachers provide many prewriting opportunities that allow children to discover opportunities for writing. These experiences should cut…
Descriptors: Child Language, Classroom Environment, Content Area Writing, Creative Teaching
