Purpose: Some researchers (F. R. Vellutino, F. M. Scanlon, & M. S. Tanzman, 1994) have argued that the different domains comprising language (e.g., phonology, semantics, and grammar) may influence reading development in a differential manner and at different developmental periods. The purpose of this study was to examine proposed causal…

Suggests ways to increase students' vocabulary in a developmental reading program. (TO)

This bibliography is the fifth edition of a work which lists published materials and unpublished theses and dissertations in vocabulary studies. Works included span the period from 1874 through December 1972. Sicty-nine categories are classified in three broad subject areas: acquisition and development, instructional materials, and research.…

Definitions by elementary students were scored for conformity with Aristotelian form and information quality. School exposure to English was correlated with quality and quantity of formal definitions given. Results of this and a similar French-as-a-Foreign-Language exercise indicate that definitional ability depends on opportunity to practice…

Assesses "theory of mind" (ToM), or social understanding, in preadolescents (N=128) and examines individual differences in the relations among social understanding, self-concept, and language competence. Results reveal positive associations between children's social understanding and self-understanding; self-perceptions of behavioral…

Designed to grade children's knowledge of commonly used instructional terms in a particular language arts program, the AIT consists of a verbal part and a situational part. Each part assesses the same commonly used instructional terms: word, begin, letter, name, makes sense, beginning sounds, print, trace, capital letter, rhyme, period, stands…

THE INTERRELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN LISTENING AND READING ARE DISCUSSED. SOME COMMON ELEMENTS BETWEEN THE TWO SKILLS ARE VOCABULARY, SENTENCE PATTERNS, ORGANIZATION OF IDEAS, AND ADJUSTMENT TO THE FUNCTION OF LANGUAGE. LISTENING COMPREHENSION IS POSITIVELY RELATED TO READING COMPREHENSION. READING AND LISTENING INVOLVE THE SAME MENTAL PROCESSES --…

A language program is proposed in which the chief emphasis is on developing reading skills and vocabulary in humanistic and scientific studies. (CHK)

Provides an annotated book list for use by elementary school teachers. Emphasizes children's involvement in word play and word games as a means to strengthen the language arts program. Specific areas covered include word play and word games, riddles, jokes, rhymes and verse, sounds and words, and word histories. (DST)

Notes that in the trend toward literature-based reading programs, teaching other important aspects of reading and language is often neglected. Discusses how teaching about words themselves, and the rhythms, sounds, spellings, combinations and shapes that make them, can enhance reading programs because they increase children's word knowledge,…

Since concepts are the mental divisions man makes among the concrete and abstract phenomena of his environment so he may generate, maneuver, and control their relationships in a manner ot satisfy his physical, emotional, social, and aesthetic needs, concepts should be the vortex of intelligence. Too often students are taught as if they lack a…

Word identification involves many possible strategies in order for the reader to familiarize himself with vocabulary to gain meaning. One strategy is the development of sight vocabulary; another is phonetic analysis, which includes sound-symbol correspondence, syllabication, and accent; and a final strategy is structural analysis, which includes…

Significant differences were observed between sentence length used by children in speaking and the length of sentences in primers and first reader textbooks. (JD)

Recent studies conducted by the National Assessment of Educational Progress indicate a deficiency in youngsters' abilities to express themselves in written form. Described in this paper are techniques for helping elementary school children build writing skills by using literature selections as models for expression. Through imitation, pupils can…