Listening and speech provide the foundations for language, which provides the foundation for literacy. Unlike oral language, writing is a recent human invention. Because we are not specifically prepared, biologically speaking, to write and read, reading and writing are skills whose acquisition depends upon special exposure and training.
The goals of Theme IV are 1) to better understand and measure literacy development and 2) to apply this knowledge to ensure that all children will have the opportunity, through literacy, to participate fully in, and contribute actively to, Canadian society and culture.
Theme Leader: Linda M. Phillips
Project Abstracts
Variations in Shared Book Reading
Development of a Multi-component Test Battery for the Assessment of French Reading Skills
Understanding Reading Development in Second Language Learners
The Missing-Letter Effect: A Window on the Development of First and Second Language Reading Skills
Factors Affecting Language Development and Reading Difficulties
Literacy Development Through Video Game Experience
Customizing Family Literacy Development
Perceptual and Cognitive Correlates of Language Skills across the Age Range
Customized Instruction: Designing Developmentally-based Interventions
Fostering Pre-literacy Skills Through Parental Interaction
Reading Comprehension in English- and French-speaking Children: Core Processes and Predictors
The Canadian Challenge: How do biliterate children master two orthographies?
Factors contributing to reading comprehension in ESL children - A longitudinal perspective
Literacy Needs Assessment in Reserve and Non-Reserve Newfoundland Mi'kmaq
Enhancing At-Risk Second-Graders' Reading Comprehension Using Classwide Peer-Mediated Activities
The Design and Development of an Early Language and Literacy Screening Test
Fostering Pre-Literacy Skills Through Parental Interaction - Project Continuance
Writing Development in English as a Second Language Learners
Alphabet Book Reading and Emergent Readers
Longitudinal Prediction of French Reading Development
Improving Literacy Skills Through Electronic Portfolios
Performance of At-Risk Students in French Immersion Programs
The language and culture of my heritage is passed on to me orally. it's a different way off learning than how I am taught at school. How do I keep my traditional culture alive while learning to read and being immersed in the majority culture?
Reading is the core of learning and staying in school . improving reading skills with young Aboriginal children can open up the doors to future prospects.