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Kindergarteners' Use Of Oral Language When Interacting With Texts, Carrie Lee Owens
Kindergarteners' Use Of Oral Language When Interacting With Texts, Carrie Lee Owens
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The purpose of this research inquiry is to study how kindergartners use oral language when interacting with texts during guided reading, read aloud books, and literacy discussions. Six students were selected from a Basic Skills Instruction (BSI) intervention program to participate in this study. As the academic demands have increased in the kindergarten classroom, it appears that there is a decline in the oral language skills that are the foundation for success as an emergent reader. This study examines the effects of engaging students in talk about books to promote their oral language and reading skills. Characteristics of literacy talk …
Kindergarten Students' Interactions With Texts During Independent Reading, Tracy L. Schaper
Kindergarten Students' Interactions With Texts During Independent Reading, Tracy L. Schaper
Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this study was to examine how emergent readers interact with texts during independent reading. Audio recordings of student talk, video taped observations, notes in a teacher research journal, a book selection chart, and concepts about print assessments were all analyzed to determine how emergent readers interact with texts. Findings were that students interact with familiar, unfamiliar, and leveled texts differently including varying levels of conventionality and prosody of language, the comprehension strategies and skills they use to make meaning, and the concepts about print they apply. Findings also included trends for the types of teacher support students …