Language development and learning to read : the scientific study of how language development affects reading skill /
Diane McGuinness.
- x, 494 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
"A Bradford book.".
Includes bibliographical references (pages 447-477) and index.
The origin of the theory of phonological development -- Development of receptive language in the first year of life -- Speech perception after 3 -- Links : auditory analysis, speech production, and phonological awareness -- Young children's analysis of language -- What is phoneme awareness and does it matter? -- The development of expressive language -- The impact of general language skills on reading and academic success -- An introduction to reading research : some pitfalls -- Auditory and speech perception and reading -- Methodological issues in research on general language and reading -- Vocabulary and reading -- Verbal memory and reading -- Syntax and reading -- Naming speed and reading -- Slow readers : how slow is slow? -- Summary : what do we know for sure? -- Methodological problems in studies by Tallal et al. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. App. 1.
"Research on reading has tried, and failed, to account for wide disparities in reading skill even among children taught by the same method. Why do some children learn to read easily and quickly while others, in the same classroom and taught by the same teacher, don't learn to read at all? In Language Development and Learning to Read, Diane McGuinness examines scientific research that might explain these disparities. She focuses on reading predictors, analyzing the effect individual differences in specific perceptual, linguistic, and cognitive skills may have on a child's ability to read. Because of the serious methodological problems she finds in the existing research on reading, many of the studies McGuinness cites come from other fields - developmental psychology, psycholinguistics, and the speech and hearing sciences - and provide a new perspective on which language functions matter most for reading and academic success."--BOOK JACKET.