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Literature Develops Children's "I's" for Reading
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Engel, Rosalind – Language Arts, 1976
Discusses children's self-image and its relationship to language acquisition and reading readiness. (DD)
Descriptors: Children, Elementary Education, Language Acquisition, Language Arts
Early Reading as a Social Interaction Process.
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Thomas, Karen F. – Language Arts, 1985
Describes a study of early readers to determine the linguistic and social interactions in the homes of early readers that seemed to make a difference in their reading. (HTH)
Descriptors: Early Reading, Family Environment, Language Acquisition, Language Arts
To Mediate or Not to Mediate? That Is the Question.
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Juliebo, Moira Fraser – Language Arts, 1985
Reports on observations of five preschool children in the home and kindergarten classrooms, which indicated that while children initiate literacy experiences in the home, they become passive in the mediated environment of the school. (HTH)
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Educational Research, Kindergarten, Language Acquisition
Literacy and the Home: A True Story.
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DeJesus, Susan E. Bangs – Language Arts, 1985
Describes inadequate home literacy experiences of three children, noting that the home expects the school to educate the child and the school expects certain prerequisites of the home, but neither is aware of the other's expectations. Exhorts schools and teachers to communicate better the parents' role in early literacy education. (HTH)
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Elementary Education, Expectation, Experiential Learning