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Ylisto, Ingrid P. – 1976
During the spring of 1971, a study was made of early reading responses of four, five, and six year olds in a Finnish preschool in order to discover clues to the onset of reading when beginning reading instruction focuses on a phonetic approach and when the language (Finnish) has a highly phonetic regularity. Sixty-two children were tested,…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Childhood Education, Early Reading, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence
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Ylisto, Ingrid P. – Reading Teacher, 1977
Results of a study of early reading responses of young children in a Finnish preschool challenge the belief that grapheme-phoneme regularity is a critical factor in beginning reading. (JM)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Childhood Education, Early Reading, Foreign Countries
Pandis, Meeli, Ed.; Ward, Angela, Ed.; Mathews, Samuel R., Ed. – International Reading Association (NJ3), 2005
This collection of papers presented at the 13th European Conference on Reading brings together a vast range of knowledge, research, and perspectives about literacy and its complex processes. The book explores topics including: (1) Literacy and critical thinking; (2) Working with learners at all levels, from young children to adolescents to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Pluralism, Literacy Education, Reading Skills