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Birch, Barbara M. – Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Bks), 2007
This book remains a comprehensive, myth-debunking examination of how L1 features (orthographic system, phonology, morphology) can influence English L2 reading at the "bottom" of the reading process. It provides a thorough but very accessible linguistic/psycholinguistic examination of the lowest levels of the reading process. It is both theoretical…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Reading Instruction
Hoogeveen, Frans R.; And Others – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1987
Using seven trainable mentally-retarded students, aged 10-19, the study assessed the efficacy of an action mnemonic procedure for teaching letter-sound correspondences. The subjects were successfully trained to emit appropriate action-sounds in the presence of pictures incorporating the target letter, with picture-prompts being gradually faded to…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Intervention, Mnemonics, Moderate Mental Retardation