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Hatcher, Peter – 1994
Reflecting the large amount of evidence linking children's progress in learning to read to their phonological awareness, this manual presents a program of phonological and phonological linkage activities, a set of reproducible record sheets, and 54 picture sheets used in the program. After an introduction and guide to the program, the manual…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Phonemes, Phonology
Download full textDepartment for Education and Skills, London (England). – 2001
Developed for use in small groups, this unit of study is aimed at helping children in England who have reached Level 3 in English at Key Stage 2 but who may be making errors in spelling, particularly in the area of vowel choices. In this unit, pupils read realistic texts and investigate the spellings of words they find there. While spelling is the…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Class Activities, Foreign Countries, Phonemes
Kitao, S. Kathleen; Kitao, Kenji – 1996
Testing English listening skills involves a variety of skills. Sounds are sometimes difficult to discriminate in a language that is not one's native tongue, so testing phoneme discrimination, the ability to tell the difference between sounds, is important. Picture choice items are a good way to select among alternatives to demonstrate…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Proficiency, Language Tests
Peer reviewedLamb, Susannah J.; Gregory, Andrew H. – Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 1993
Reports on a study of the relationship of both phonemic and musical sound discrimination to reading ability among 18 British first graders. Finds that discrimination of musical sounds is related to music performance but that the influential factor is a specific awareness of pitch changes. (CFR)
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Foreign Countries, Grade 1, Letters (Alphabet)
Woodward, Helen – 1987
Intended to discourage classroom reading teachers from relying on "phonics instruction" as a remedy for students' inadequate reading performance, this pamphlet presents reasons why phonics drills should not be taught at all in the classroom and offers a set of practical phonic awareness activities to help poor readers overcome reading…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Class Activities, Cognitive Development, Cues
