Terezinha Nunes, Peter Bryant

Children's Reading and Spelling

Beyond the First Steps

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Children's Reading and Spelling draws on internationally renowned research to extend models of early literacy. While most psychologists have concentrated on the ways in which very young children begin to read and spell, here the focus shifts to how these skills are developed beyond the initial period. As children mature, their approach to reading and spelling alters radically, and evidence suggests these changes continue throughout their school career. Authors Terezinha Nunes and Peter Bryant theorize that children use both informal experiences as well as more formalized instruction to devise their own conditional spelling rules. Ideas are presented in an interesting and accessible way, and potential educational implications are thoroughly examined. This innovative research has much to offer professionals and parents alike.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 576g
• ISBN-13: 9780631234029
• ISBN-10: 0631234020
• Artikelnr.: 25854751

Autorenporträt

Professor Terezinha Nunes is Professor of Educational Studies in the Department of Education, Child Development, and Learning, University of Oxford. Professor Peter Bryant is a Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Education, University of Oxford and a Visiting Professor at Oxford Brookes University.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures.

List of Tables.

Preface and Acknowledgements.

1 Learning to Spell: What is the Problem.

2 From Letter-Sound to Grapheme-Phoneme Relationships: The Caseof Consonant Digraphs.

3 Spelling Vowels: Digraphs and Split Digraphs.

4 How Children Learn and Can be Taught about ConditionalRules.

5 Morphemes and Spelling.

6 The Importance of Morphemes.

7 Teaching Children about Morphemes.

8 A Framework for Understanding how Children Learn to Read andSpell English Words.

References.

Index

Rezensionen

"Teachers and researchers at every level will find fruitfulguidance in this important book on the generative process ofchildren's reading and spelling and the effect of thelearning environment. Nunes and Bryant have provided a rigorous,systematic, and thorough theory/research-into-practice analysis ofusing conditional rules in learning to read and spell andintervention strategies. They are among the first researchers toemphasize the connection between oral language and written languagethrough morphological, syntactical, and word-specific knowledgeover and above phonology. The book is a tour de force, richin details, lucid and insightful."-Che Kan Leong,Research Professor Emeritus, University of Saskatchewan, Canada andHon. Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong

"I could not be more enthusiastic about this book. I wouldlove to see this volume reach as many readers as possible in theresearch community and in the practitioner community. This bookwill become the 'bible' of the more advanced stages ofspelling development that remainunderstudied." -Keith E. Stanovich, Professorof Human Development and Applied Psychology, University ofToronto

"Children's Reading and Spelling, by two pioneersin research on how phonological and morphological awarenesscontribute to written word learning, is a must-read for beginningand seasoned researchers, as well as psychology and educationstudents." -Virginia Berninger, Professor ofEducational Psychology, Center on Human Development and Disability,University of Washington