A sample of 79 first grade children, selected from a total sample of 350 subjects from an upper middle class school district, were involved in this study. The sample population was divided into three reading groups (depending on their reading scores) to permit statistical comparisons among groups with differentiated reading achievements. A battery…

When sound takes on meaning for the first time in the life of a child, a giant and prototypic step in the development of his symbolic capacities has taken place. This step is worthy of careful scientific scrutiny. This paper seeks first to describe the steps by which the author's child discovered the existence of meaning in sound, and second, to…

The present Reader is the third and final volume in the Foreign Service Institute's "Turkish Basic Course." (See ED 013 451 and ED 024 050 for Units 1-30 and Units 31-50.) Reading selections are arranged in approximate ascending order of difficulty with some grouping of selections in subject matter categories. The selections, which have not been…

Content-area reading begins in grade 1 and is a gradual and continuous development of the reading skills through the grades and beyond. For the student to gain proficiency in this difficult and complex art, theoretical suggestions paired with actual classroom samples in content-area instruction are illustrated for the content-area teacher's use.…

This second set of "Easy Crossword Puzzles," like the first, is intended to provide both practice and fun for students of English as a second or foreign language. The puzzles are designed not only for vocabulary building, but also to help the learner become familiar with prefixes, suffixes, and some common grammatical terms. The puzzles…

The developmental trend of syntactic maturity and vocabulary diversity in the oral language of kindergarten through third grade children as they responded to adults in a structured situation was studied. Eighty subjects, 20 at each of four grade levels, were drawn at random from two middle class schools in Salina, Kansas. Five boys and five girls…

This vocabulary enrichment book presents over 100 word roots of the English language. Each root is defined and its origin discussed. Words which derive from the roots are also defined and used in sentences which illustrate their meaning and usage. Over a thousand words are included in all, deriving from such roots as: allos, alter, ambul, arch,…

Many teachers do not realize the ease with which vocabulary development can be integrated into courses of study. Techniques for accomplishing this are offered. (Author/MLF)

Few students know how to direct and sustain the type of listening essential both in school and daily life. Since success in school is closely related to understanding oral directions and spoken information, listening skills are crucial for each student's education. Here are some ideas designed to develop listening skills. (Author/RK)

Rationale for encouraging students' use of precise words. (AA)

Examines five types of vocabulary possessed by all learners and outlines methods for helping students build overall vocabulary abilities. (GW)

A technique for efficiently presenting a large number of vocabulary items for the testing of vocabulary comprehension in children younger than 2 years was used with 106 children from a wide range of social status groups and from both English and Spanish speaking families. (Author/SBH)

Describes principled, research-based ways to consider vocabulary instruction. Focuses on the relationship between vocabulary knowledge and reading comprehension, the role of direct instruction, and definitional, contextual, and conceptual methods of vocabulary instruction. (SKC)

Reviews "Bataille de Mots," a computer-assisted French vocabulary program that utilizes a database of paired associates, and finds that "Bataille de Mots" is a good selection for foreign language software. (DJD)