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Direct linkERIC Number: EJ717498
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-May-1
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-0360-9170
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Passionless Text and Phonics First: Through a Child's Eyes
Long, Susi
Language Arts, v81 n5 p417 May 2004
The struggles of children when faced with reading books written in either a second language or unrelated matter, is described through an example of a eight year old girl, Kelly, who previously loved books but later came to dislike it. The tool ethnography is used to critically examine her behavior and struggles in reading.
Descriptors: Ethnography, Young Children, Childrens Literature, Reading Attitudes, Phonics, Reading Skills, Early Childhood Education, Teaching Methods
National Council of Teachers of English, 111 W. Kenyon Road, Urbana, IL 61801-1096. Web site: http://www.ncte.org/journals
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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