Overview

This volume integrates research in the field of literacy problems and interventions into a single academic reference. It examines the course of literacy development with contemporary theoretical accounts in acquisitional processes linked with learning to read. The text also focuses on the causes of literacy problems. Different neuropsychological and psycholinguistic approaches are proposed to explain the occurrence of literacy problems. The benefits of training in metalinguistic awareness are discussed while the final part concentrates on interventions at the word level and beyond.

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Author:   P. Reitsma ,  L. Verhoeven
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   1999 ed.
Volume:   15
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.600kg
ISBN:  

9780792355571

ISBN 10:   0792355571
Pages:   377
Publication Date:   31 December 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock  
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Table of Contents

Problems in literacy acquisition and interventions.- Two basic questions about reading and learning to read.- General and specific abilities as predictors of reading achievement.- Preschool oral language competence and literacy development.- Phonemically aware in a hop, skip, and a jump.- The Simple View of Reading: A developmental perspective.- Language processing and schooling in European Portugese.- Reading-listening discrepancy definitions of dyslexia.- Phonological skills and literacy acquisition in German.- Methods to establish subtypes of developmental dyslexia.- Problems in text comprehension: Current perspectives and recent research.- Reading comprehension problems in second language learners.- Fostering metalinguistic awareness during storybook reading.- Training of phonological awareness and letter knowledge in children-at-risk.- Training of phonological awareness vs inductive reasoning in kindergarten.- The effects of a Flash Card training program on normal and poor readers’ phonological decoding skills.- Teaching morphological awareness to dyslexic students.- Reading disabilities and cognitive competence.- The ecology of spelling instruction: Effective training in first grade.- Effects of reading and spelling practices on reading skill.- Promoting reading skills in a computer-based training program.- Helping students become constructively responsive readers.- Author Index.

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