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Texas Woman's Univ., Denton. – 1966
Linguistics as it relates to teaching children is discussed under the headings (1) Linguistics and Language and (2) Reading and Linguistics. In the first part, many interesting facts about our language are pointed out, along with the manner and usefulness of presenting them to children. While linguists may seem to be communicating mainly among…
Descriptors: Dialects, Grammar, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Language
Initial Teaching Alphabet Foundation, Hempstead, NY. – 1971
The Initial Teaching Alphabet (i.t.a.) was designed by Sir James Pitman as a reading teaching medium from which immediate and efficient transition may be made to the alphabet of regular English. Questions and answers covered in this booklet provide information concerning its history, effectiveness, methods of use, teaching areas, and relationship…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Beginning Reading, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Orthographic Symbols
Dunn, Lloyd M.; Bruininks, Robert H. – 1968
The Cooperative Language Development Project studied the efficacy of the Initial Teaching Alphabet (ITA) in teaching beginning reading and the efficacy of the Peabody Language Development Kits in stimulating verbal intelligence, creative thinking, school achievement, and language development. In this monograph, a post-test and follow-up evaluation…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Creativity, Disadvantaged Youth
Smith, Nila Banton; Strickland, Ruth – 1969
This pamphlet discusses some beginning approaches and technological approaches to reading instruction, and the relationship between children's language and reading. The first section looks at several approaches to reading instruction: "The Language Experience Approach,""The Initial Teaching Alphabet,""Linguistic Approaches to Reading,""Programed…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Language Experience Approach, Language Skills
Dunn, Lloyd M.; And Others – 1968
The purpose of the three-year Cooperative Language Development Project was to examine the efficacy of an oral language development program and an experimental reading program in improving the academic achievement, language development, intellectual functioning, and creative thinking of disadvantaged children in primary grades. The experimental…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Creativity, Disadvantaged Youth
Winkeljohann, Rosemary, Comp. – 1976
This selective bibliography is one of nine documents compiled to provide titles and descriptions of useful and informative reading documents which were indexed into the ERIC system from 1966 to 1974. The 190 entries in this section of the bibliography concern methods in teaching reading and are arranged alphabetically by author in one of the…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Elementary Education