Article focused on language as a vital part of human learning, central to the interaction of teacher and pupil, thereby making the basis of effective teacher education programs a concern and understanding of linguistics and psycholinguistic concepts. (Author/RK)

Valuable insights into the reading process can be gained by analyzing children's reading miscues and by encouring children to use their linguistic knowledge when reading. (JH)

The goal of instruction in standard spoken usage should not be to modify the student's language behavior by rejecting his nonstandard dialect, but to work with him to expand his competencies on the base of his present linguistic competence. (JM)

By building on the natural language competence of children we can make literacy an extension of their language learning.