Language Development and Learning to Read - Table of Contents

June 2005
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Language Development and Learning to Read
The Scientific Study of How Language Development Affects Reading Skill
Diane McGuinness

	Preface Sample Chapter - Download PDF (54 KB)	vii

	Acknowledgments	xiii

	Introduction Sample Chapter - Download PDF (109 KB)	1

I.	The Theory that Phonological Awareness Develops	19

1.	The Origin of the Theory of Phonological Development Sample Chapter - Download PDF (123 KB)	21

2.	Development of Receptive Language in the First Year of Life	43

3.	Speech Perception After 3	59

4.	Links: Auditory Analysis, Speech Production, and Phonological Awareness	81

5.	Young Children's Analysis of Language	111

6.	What Is Phoneme Awareness and Does It Matter?	127

II.	Expressive Language, Reading, and Academic Skills	151

7.	The Development of Expressive Language	153

8.	The Impact of General Language Skills on Reading and Academic Success	173

III.	Direct Tests of the Language-Reading Relationship	209

9.	An Introduction to Reading Research: Some Pitfalls	211

10.	Auditory and Speech Perception and Reading	227

11.	Methodological Issues in Research on General Language and Reading	245

12.	Vocabulary and Reading	263

13.	Verbal Memory and Reading	283

14.	Syntax and Reading	329

15.	Naming Speed and Reading	359

16.	Slow Readers: How Slow Is Slow?	391

17.	Summary: What Do We Know for Sure?	409

	Appendix 1: Methodological Problems in Studies by Tallal et al.	427

	Glossary	433

	References	447

	Author Index Sample Chapter - Download PDF (42 KB)	479

	Subject Index Sample Chapter - Download PDF (63 KB)	487

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