This book presents an overview of reading/writing research, discussing specific
reading/writing processes, instructional issues, teacher research, and directions for future …

This chapter provides the foundations for teaching young learners of English as a second or
foreign language how to read and write. It describes the process of reading and writing (ie …

THE DEVELOPMENT OF FOUR YEAR OLD CHILDREN'S knowledge of letters and printed
words was studied to determine if preschool children begin reading, and if so, how. Two …

Reviews literacy, language acquisition, and child development research that has contributed
to an emergent literacy (EL) perspective on children's early reading and writing …

Extensive experience in written language might provide children the opportunity to learn to
read in the same manner they learn spoken language. One potential type of written …

This book systematically examines how learning to read occurs in diverse languages, and in
so doing, explores how literacy is learned in a second language by learners who have …

With contributions from leading international researchers, Contemporary Perspectives on
Reading and Spelling offers a critique of current thinking on the research literature into …

" Writing" is a polysemous word, with many different meanings. It can refer to the process of
tracing letters on a surface, and also to the system of letters (ie, to the abstract set of signs) …

The importance of the early years in the young childrenLs lives and the rigid literacy
achievement inequality among all children (eg different economic levels, ages, abilities …