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Brooks, Greg – Education 3-13, 2021
This article summarises the linguistic base of initial reading and spelling in English for the benefit of teachers and others engaged in education who need explicit understanding of parts of the linguistic base in order to teach initial literacy accurately. The aspects covered are those most relevant to children entering formal schooling: spoken…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Spelling, Vocabulary Development, Morphology (Languages)
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Mason, Jana M. – Reading Teacher, 1977
Suggests that teaching words with a regular phonetic structure first will help children learn, and presents lists of words with regular phonetic structure and three procedures teachers can use in an instructural program. (JM)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Phonetics
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Pellow, Randall A. – Reading Improvement, 1995
Uses a tongue-in-cheek approach and enumerates 12 culprits that historically have created havoc among children in their quest to learn to read and understand the English language, including word attack skills, graphemic-phonemic relationships, compound words, homographs, semantic analysis, and more. (SR)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, Grammar, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence
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Post, Yolanda V.; Carreker, Suzanne; Holland, Ginger – Annals of Dyslexia, 2001
Two groups of first graders (n=63) participated in a 10-day intervention study in which they were instructed in the spelling of five final letter patterns in monosyllabic words. Children receiving phoneme instruction improved accuracy of final pattern spelling as well as speed of word reading over children receiving rime instruction. (Contains…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence
Gates, Louis – 1985
Focusing on phonograms and generalizations about phonics, this paper presents a comprehensive letter-sound study. The first chapter discusses the phonogram component of phonics, the Arthur Gates study of phonograms in l928, the phonics generalizations studies of the l960s, and the lack of a comprehensive study of the letter-sound relationship. The…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Decoding (Reading), Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Phonetics
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Amoroso, Henry C., Jr. – Research in Rural Education, 1985
Assesses the extent to which 30 third graders employ phonetically-based spelling strategies in representing synthetic words with high and mid front vowels. Finds spelling of good readers rule-governed and derived from judgement about language while that of poor readers showed less awareness of written language patterns. (LFL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Elementary Education, Grade 3, Language Patterns
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Bos, Candace; Mather, Nancy; Dickson, Shirley; Podhajski, Blanche; Chard, David – Annals of Dyslexia, 2001
A study that examined perceptions and knowledge of 252 preservice educators and 286 inservice educators about early reading instruction found inservice educators had more positive attitudes about explicit code instruction and preservice educators were more positive about implicit code instruction. However, both groups demonstrated limited…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Dyslexia, Elementary Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching