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Ball, Eileen W.; Blachman, Benita A. – Annals of Dyslexia, 1988
A group of 30 nonreading kindergarten children who received 7 weeks of instruction in phoneme segmentation and letter names/sounds were assessed on segmentation and reading measures. They outperformed a language activities group, which received instruction in letter names/sounds and additional language activities, and a group receiving no…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Intervention, Kindergarten, Outcomes of Education
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Sawyer, Diane J.; Butler, Katharine – Annals of Dyslexia, 1991
This paper discusses five language roots of reading: phonology, syntax, semantics, short-term and long-term memory, and auditory segmenting. Teachers are urged to focus early school experiences toward development of these five skills to reduce the incidence of reading difficulties. Specific teaching suggestions are offered. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Auditory Training, Classroom Techniques, Decoding (Reading), Early Intervention