Long Versus Short Words in Beginning Reading.

Groff, Patrick

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Publication Date: 1975

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Long Versus Short Words in Beginning Reading

Groff, Patrick

Reading World, 14, 4, 277-89, May 75

Concludes that monosyllabic words are easier for beginning readers to read than are polysyllabic words and that children just learning to read should be taught phonics skills with monosyllabic words. (RB)

Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Phonics, Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Reading Skills

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