The Development of reading skills /

Focusing on how children learn to read in a language they have previously only spoken, this book illustrates the skill theory of reading development, which encompasses both new perceptual processes and modified but familiar integrative cognitive processes of language comprehension. The chapters disc...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Carr, Thomas H. (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, ©1985.
Series:	New directions for child development ; no. 27. Jossey-Bass social and behavioral science series.
Subjects:	Reading. Language acquisition. Language Development Reading Lecture (Enseignement primaire) Lecture. Langage > Acquisition. Language acquisition Lesenlernen Aufsatzsammlung Leerprocessen. Lezen. Lecture (Psychologie) Lecture > Développement.
Online Access:	http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/112418930/issue

Table of Contents:

Phonemic analysis, spelling, and reading / Rebecca Treiman
Literacy background and reading development in a second language / Tracy L. Brown, Margot Haynes
Knowing words and understanding texts / Richard C. Omanson
Discourse structure and mental models / J. Kathryn Bock, William F. Brewer
Impact of classroom activities on beginning reading development / Mary Ann Evans
Using component skills analysis to integrate findings on reading development / Thomas H. Carr, Tracy L. Brown, Linda G. Vavrus
Bridging the gap between theory and practice in reading / Dale M. Willows
Resources on reading / Thomas H. Carr.