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Language and Literacy Relationships: some reflections
Author(s) -
Raban Bridie
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
british educational research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.171
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1469-3518
pISSN - 0141-1926
DOI - 10.1080/0141192880140303
Subject(s) - literacy , reading (process) , linguistics , written language , psychology , second language attrition , language development , spoken language , cognitive psychology , comprehension approach , language education , developmental psychology , mathematics education , pedagogy , philosophy
Three explanations are explored for the lack of relationship between oral language development and reading ability. The first points to the inappropriate‐ness of the measures used in previous studies, the second explanation focuses on the differences between spoken and written language and the third dwells on the distinction between receptive and productive aspects of the two modes of language. Data are presented which provide evidence for all three sources of explanation, in particular drawing attention to the developmental aspects which cannot be ignored during the early stages of literacy development.