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Download full textMcCabe, Don – 1976
This booklet discusses a procedure to assist students experiencing difficulty in learning the "Dolch Basic Sight Vocabulary of 220 Words" and rearranges a list of 220 words to make it easier for students to learn. The procedure discussed in the booklet is based on the "word family" approach, in which words like "all call,…
Descriptors: Basic Vocabulary, Elementary Education, Sight Method, Sight Vocabulary
Peer reviewedCunningham, Patricia – Reading Horizons, 1979
Suggests a variation on the language experience approach designed for groups of nonverbal children. (MKM)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Language Acquisition, Language Experience Approach, Language Handicaps
Peer reviewedCulyer, Richard C. – Reading Improvement, 1988
Suggests that math and reading are related, and that strategies common to reading sometimes can be applied in math. Presents instructional strategies and independent study techniques for five areas: basic sight words; vocabulary meanings; other specialized vocabulary; basic skills; and problem solving. (RAE)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Instruction
Peer reviewedLindsey, Jimmy D.; And Others – Journal of Reading, 1981
Describes two word-recognition activities and a cross-age tutoring program that have proven successful in developing poor readers' sight vocabulary. (MKM)
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Kinesthetic Methods, Language Experience Approach, Reading Skills
Mrowicki, Linda G. – 1983
Any discussion of English as a Second Language (ESL) literacy should address three critical areas: who the learners are, what is to be taught, and how the literacy skills are to be taught. Three distinct groups of students can be classified as "non-literate" in their own language: pre-literates, illiterates, and semi-literates. Two approaches are…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Audiolingual Methods, Course Content
Adult Literacy and Basic Skills Unit, London (England). – 1985
This handbook is intended to introduce tutors to literacy work with students for whom English is a second language (ESL). The first part deals with the following aspects of literacy and speakers of English as a second language: the role of literacy in second language work, some factors that affect learning, steps in negotiating a curriculum,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Case Studies
Peer reviewedMeyer, Valerie – Journal of Reading, 1987
Describes an unsuccessful attempt at teaching a well-motivated adult non-reader to read. Details different approaches that were tried, such as the sight method, auditory methods, tactile methods. Suggests ways to avoid reading failure in adults, such as checking for disabilities, and getting to know the student. (SKC)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Auditory Training
Durkin, Dolores – 1989
Intended for teachers and prospective teachers, the purpose of this book is to provide information about reading instruction from kindergarten through the elementary grades. Part 1 deals with "Background Information" and includes chapters on: (1) The Reading Process; (2) Silent or Oral Reading? and (3) Reading Instruction. Part 2 discusses…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Childrens Literature, Content Area Reading
