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Simons, Jenny – 1981
Guidelines for parents involved in teaching their children to read are provided in this Australian early childhood resource booklet. Suggestions are offered for introducing words to children, talking to children, and reading to children. Material focused on the topic of learning to read at home is divided into two sections: (1) reading games, and…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Guidelines
Wilinson, Ian; Bain, John – Australian Journal of Reading, 1984
Reviews a study designed to determine whether some of the problems of poor readers are related to inadequately developed story schemata or the inability to use schemata. Discusses the need for teaching strategies to enhance children's knowledge of story structure. (RBW)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Knowledge Level, Reading Comprehension, Reading Diagnosis
Christiansen, Jack – Australian Journal of Reading, 1979
Offers suggestions for improving beginning teachers' abilities to teach reading, noting the need for greater cooperation between colleges and practicing schools in providing teachers with the proper training in subject matter and teaching skills. Discusses teacher-developed reading and readiness programs, attitudes, and material selection. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Informal Assessment
Page, Glenda, Ed.; And Others – 1978
The second of a two-volume set, this collection of 11 papers concentrates on current developments in the teaching of reading, such as translating commonly accepted reading theories or assumptions into classroom practices, maintaining an input of structured, meaningful, rhythmic language in an independent reading program, and relating reading and…
Descriptors: Bibliotherapy, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
