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Download full textGoodman, Kenneth S.; Gespass, Suzanne – 1983
This paper is based on a transactional viewpoint (involving writer, reader, and text) in which the text is no longer external but is constructed and reconstructed by the reader during reading. Using a database developed for a previous study (Goodman and Goodman, 1978), this research examined pronoun usage in three basal texts by evaluating the…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Language Patterns, Miscue Analysis, Pronouns
Goodman, Kenneth S. – Grade Teacher, 1969
Descriptors: Child Language, Communication (Thought Transfer), Grammar, Language Arts
Goodman, Kenneth S.; Bird, Lois Bridges – 1982
Analyzing word frequency in six complete texts, a study investigated how vocabulary can be used to define texts. The texts included three stories from 5th and 6th grade readers, selections from literature anthologies for 8th grade and 12th grade students, and a magazine essay for adults. Results indicated that if particular words occur frequently…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Language Patterns, Language Research, Language Usage
Peer reviewedGoodman, Kenneth S.; Bird, Lois Bridges – Research in the Teaching of English, 1984
Describes and examines the word choice and frequency in six tests and raises questions about the use of word lists and controlled vocabulary in producing basal readers, judging and manipulating readability of texts, and building vocabulary. (HOD)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Cohesion (Written Composition), Connected Discourse, Language Patterns
Goodman, Kenneth S. – Elem Sch J, 1969
Descriptors: Child Language, Communication (Thought Transfer), Cultural Awareness, Dialects
PDF pending restorationGoodman, Kenneth S.; Niles, Olive S. – 1970
Broad and major concerns dealing with reading are set forth in this monograph to provoke discussion and examination by both researchers and practitioners. In Part 1, Kenneth S. Goodman presents a psycholinguistic view of language and reading (within a transformational-generative framework) as essentially a set of processes of recoding, decoding,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Generative Grammar, Language Acquisition, Language Learning Levels
