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Direct linkHu, Hsien; Tsai, Chih-Yung – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2019
The present study investigates common word reading dilemmas across 3 word types among children learning English as a foreign language (EFL). It also examines the effectiveness of a new word reading strategy, perceptual diacritics, for facilitating EFL children's word reading dilemmas through an experimental design in which the experimental group…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Sight Method, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedHall, Dorothy P.; Cunningham, Patricia M. – Reading Improvement, 1988
Reports a study of readers' use of context and letter sound as polysyllabic decoding strategies, and a study of the effect of intervention strategies on subjects who do not effectively use context. Concludes that intervention strategies do not improve the performances of students who are not good users of context. (RS)
Descriptors: Context Clues, Decoding (Reading), Intermediate Grades, Reading Research
Peer reviewedCardoso-Martins, Claudia – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2001
Investigates strategies beginners use to learn to read words in a relatively regular writing system, Brazilian Portuguese. Finds strategies used depend on the method of instruction (phonics or whole-word), similar to what happens for children learning to read English. Suggests any differences between children learning to read more or less…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Decoding (Reading), Instructional Effectiveness, Phonics
Download full textGroff, Patrick – 1989
Numerous reviews of the experimental research conclude that phonics is indispensable in word recognition instruction. However, there have been numerous objections to phonics teaching over the years. Some of the intolerance of phonics teaching reflects a lack of knowledge about the subject. Critics suggest that phonics hinders children's learning…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Decoding (Reading), Educational Philosophy, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedByrne, Brian; And Others – Reading Research Quarterly, 1992
Discusses a study of the relationship of Australian elementary school students' word reading strategies to comprehension level, reading time, and phonemic awareness. Reports that performance in reading both irregular and nonsense words is a reasonably good predictor of subsequent performance. Recommends remedial training for students lacking…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies
Ceprano, Maria A. – 1987
Designed to add to the existing knowledge base concerning the saliency of features used by children to identify isolated words, a study examined whether the method of instruction influences the extent to which various features are used for word identification and recall. Subjects, 117 kindergarten students from a suburban Buffalo, New York, school…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Behavior Patterns, Context Clues, Decoding (Reading)
