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Direct linkGoodman, Kenneth S., Ed.; Wang, Shaomei, Ed.; Iventosch, Mieko, Ed.; Goodman, Yetta M., Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
"Reading in Asian Languages" is rich with information about how literacy works in the non-alphabetic writing systems (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) used by hundreds of millions of people and refutes the common Western belief that such systems are hard to learn or to use. The contributors share a comprehensive view of reading as construction…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Childrens Literature, Korean Culture, Eye Movements
Chanock, Kate – Literacy, 2006
This paper recounts the process by which a severely reading-disabled adult student taught himself to read and write Ancient Greek, and in so doing, improved his ability to read and write in English. Initially, Keith's reading and writing were slow, difficult and inaccurate, accompanied by visual disturbance. However, motivated by a strong interest…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Greek, Reading Difficulties, Adult Students
Download full textBoloz, Sigmund A.; Jenness, Diana – 1984
The Ganado (Arizona) Primary School, located on the Navajo Reservation, instituted a successful English writing project for kindergarten children that illustrated that young children should be allowed and expected to develop as writers because they are capable of real writing. Teachers encouraged children to complete drawings and writings in…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Educational Environment, English, Kindergarten Children
Peer reviewedBoloz, Sigmund A.; Jenness, Diana – Journal of American Indian Education, 1984
Describes a successful English writing program for Navajo kindergarten children in Ganado Primary School (Arizona), which encourages children to draw and write in journals. Indicates that many Navajo students enter school with the capacity to move directly into daily writing and have already formed strong concepts about written language. (MH)
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Childrens Art, English
Peer reviewedBaca, Albert R.; And Others – Classical Outlook, 1979
This article discusses a program entitled "Extended Reading Comprehension Skills through Language Transfer," whose goals were to expand and increase English skills through the study of the Latin language and Rome's culture. This program was implemented in Los Angeles based on the Philadelphia program pioneered by Masciantonio. (Author/CFM)
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education, English, FLES
Peer reviewedHarley, Birgit – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1996
Focuses on the importance of vocabulary knowledge as fundamental to proficiency in a second language (L2). The article notes that each of the studies in this issue examines L2 vocabulary learning from a particular angle, including lexical progress, learning strategies, context effect, the role of learner factors such as age and first language…
Descriptors: Age, Context Effect, Elementary Secondary Education, English
