Myths and Realities about Words and Literacy.

Adams, Marilyn Jager; Henry, Marcia K.

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ERIC Number: EJ592734

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1997

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Myths and Realities about Words and Literacy.

Adams, Marilyn Jager; Henry, Marcia K.

School Psychology Review, v26 n3 p425-36 1997

Examines and refutes six myths about beginning and developing reading instruction. Discusses importance of teaching phonological awareness and decoding in beginning reading and of teaching syllable patterns and morpheme patterns from Anglo-Saxon, Greek, and Latin roots and affixes in developing reading. (Author/JDM)

Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Classical Languages, Greek, Latin, Morphology (Languages), Old English, Phonology, Reading Attitudes, Reading Instruction

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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