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Improving Learning eBook Series

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  • Improving Literacy by Teaching Morphemes

    by Terezinha Nunes, Peter Bryant ...
    Series series Improving Learning
    With reports from several studies showing the benefits of teaching young children about morphemes, this book is essential reading for anyone concerned with helping children to read and write.By breaking words down into chunks of meaning that can be analyzed as complete units rather than as strings of individual letters, children are better able to make sense of the often contradictory spelling and ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

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  • Understanding Reading

    A Psycholinguistic Analysis of Reading and Learning to Read, Sixth Edition

    by Frank Smith ...
    Series series Routledge Education Classic Edition
    Understanding Reading revolutionized reading research and theory when the first edition appeared in 1971 and continues to be a leader in the field. In the sixth edition of this classic text Smith’s purpose remains the same: to shed light on fundamental aspects of the complex human act of reading – linguistic, physiological, psychological, and social – and of what is involved in learning to read ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • Figurative Language Comprehension

    Social and Cultural Influences

    Edited by Herbert L. Colston, Albert N. Katz ...
    Figurative language, such as verbal irony, metaphor, hyperbole, idioms, and other forms is an increasingly important subfield within the empirical study of language comprehension and use. Figurative Language Comprehension: Social and Cultural Influences is an edited scholarly book that ties together recent research concerning the social and cultural influences on figurative language cognition. ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • Technology, Literacy, and the Evolution of Society

    Implications of the Work of Jack Goody

    Edited by David R. Olson, Michael Cole ...
    Inspired by the seminal work of Jack Goody, a historical anthropologist specializing in the study of social structure and change, Technology, Literacy, and the Evolution of Society gathers diverse perspectives of 20 distinguished historians, anthropologists, psychologists, and educators to address the role of technologies in social stability and change in traditional and modern societies. In this ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Handbook of Orthography and Literacy

    Edited by R. Malatesha Joshi, P.G. Aaron ...
    Until about two decades ago, the study of writing systems and their relationship to literacy acquisition was sparse and generally modeled after studies of English language learners. This situation is now changing. As the worldwide demand for literacy continues to grow, researchers from different countries with different language backgrounds have begun examining the connection between their writing ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Words at Work and Play

    Three Decades in Family and Community Life

    by Shirley Brice Heath ...
    Childhood and family life have changed significantly in recent decades. What is the nature of these changes? How have they affected the use of time, space, work and play? In what ways have they influenced face-to-face talk and the uses of technology within families and communities? Eminent anthropologist Shirley Brice Heath sets out to find answers to these and similar questions, tracking the ... Read more

    $30.39 USD

  • Child Language

    by Jean Stilwell Peccei ...
    Series series Language Workbooks
    Building on the established strengths of the first edition, Child Language has now been fully updated and includes some basic theory content, more exercises and summaries at the end of each unit.Child Language:* introduces students to key areas involved in the study of children's language: vocabulary development, word and sentence structure, conversational skills and pronunciation* contains a ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Reading Development and Difficulties in Monolingual and Bilingual Chinese Children

    Edited by Xi Chen, Qiuying Wang, Yang Cathy Luo ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This volume explores Chinese reading development, focusing on children in Chinese societies and bilingual Chinese-speaking children in Western societies. The book is structured around four themes: psycholinguistic study of reading, reading disability, bilingual and biliteracy development, and Chinese children’s literature. It discusses issues that are pertinent to improving language and literacy ... Read more

    $95.49 USD

  • Reading Fluency

    Current Insights from Neurocognitive Research and Intervention Studies

    Edited by Asaid Khateb, Irit Bar-Kochva ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    The book is dedicated to the blessed memory of Prof. Zvia Breznitz, whose groundbreaking research has made a tremendous impact on the understanding of fluency in reading. The book presents a multidimensional perspective of recent research and reviews on fluency in reading. The first part presents recent brain-imaging findings from studies into the neurobiological basis of reading, as well as ... Read more

    $95.49 USD

  • Understanding Literacy Development

    A Global View

    Edited by Anne McKeough, Linda M. Phillips, Vianne Timmons, Judy Lee Lupart ...
    The acquisition and maintenance of literacy is of pressing interest and concern to educators and educational policy makers worldwide. What are the common themes, the common questions, and the unique circumstances and initiatives that spring from this interest and concern? To address these questions, Understanding Literacy Development: A Global View brings together leading experts from around the ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Handbook of Arabic Literacy

    Insights and Perspectives

    Edited by Elinor Saiegh-Haddad, R. Malatesha Joshi ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book provides a synopsis of recently published empirical research into the acquisition of reading and writing in Arabic. Its particular focus is on the interplay between the linguistic and orthographic structure of Arabic and the development of reading and writing/spelling. In addition, the book addresses the socio-cultural, political and educational milieu in which Arabic literacy is ... Read more

    $95.49 USD

  • Handbook of Orthography and Literacy

    Edited by R. Malatesha Joshi, P. G. Aaron ...
    Until about two decades ago, the study of writing systems and their relationship to literacy acquisition was sparse and generally modeled after studies of English language learners. This situation is now changing. As the worldwide demand for literacy continues to grow, researchers from different countries with different language backgrounds have begun examining the connection between their writing ... Read more

    $159.99 USD