The Effect of Literature on Vocabulary and Reading Achievement [electronic resource] / Dorothy H. Cohen.

A study was conducted with disadvantaged second-graders to test the value of oral reading of literature for increasing reading achievement, presenting books as a source of pleasure, and strengthening vocabulary by offering wider language models than the disadvantaged child's milieu provides. Te...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Cohen, Dorothy H.
Corporate Author:	National Council of Teachers of English
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1968.
Subjects:	Auditory Stimuli. Disadvantaged Youth. Elementary Education. Grade 2. Language Acquisition. Listening Comprehension. Oral Reading. Reading Achievement. Reading Comprehension. Reading Development. Reading Improvement. Story Reading. Vocabulary Development.