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Literacy in vocational education and training: scenario-based reading and writing education
Many students in vocational education and training (VET) have difficulties with reading and writing. To date, there is little research on whether and...
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Adopting Ocean-Themed Picture Books to Promote Ocean Literacy in Primary Education
Children’s literature about the ocean is a valuable learning tool for increasing ocean literacy in formal education. This instruction is,...
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Explicit and evidence-based literacy instruction in middle school: an observation study
As evidenced by national data, a large proportion of students in middle school, content area classrooms in the United States (U.S.) may be considered...
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Fostering Digital Literacy and Learner Autonomy Readiness Among Pre-service Teachers in Online Education
This chapter aims to investigate the effects of online education on digital literacy and autonomy readiness in a Turkish pre-service teacher...
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The unique contribution of handwriting accuracy to literacy skills in Japanese adolescents
There is widespread concern about declining literacy skills in recent young Japanese. The present study investigated how higher-level reading and...
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Is the home literacy environment different depending on the media? Paper vs. tablet-based practices
The Home Literacy model predicts different outcomes depending on formal and informal literacy practices carried out at home. However, this model does...
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Foundational English literacy development in India: a randomised-control trial using phonics instruction and GraphoLearn
Foundational literacy is a key lever for achieving higher levels of learning and societal wellbeing. However, with an enrolment of over 250 million...
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Examining the relations between mothers’ reading skills, home literacy environment, and Chinese children’s word reading across contexts
We examined the relations between mothers’ reading skills, home literacy environment (HLE), and children’s emergent literacy skills and word reading...
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Phonological and orthographic processing in basic literacy adults and dyslexic children
The aim of the present study was to examine the hypothesis that, compared to typically reading children matched on regular word reading, adults with...
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Old East Slavic birch-bark literacy – a history of linguistic emancipation?
The aim of the study is to explore the diachrony of orality and literacy in the Old East Slavic birch-bark corpus. One of the most striking...
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Parental anxiety, endorsement of literacy learning, and home literacy practices among Chinese parents of young children
To relieve young children of a burden and to encourage informal literacy practices such as shared book reading, the Chinese Ministry of Education...
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Preschool teachers’ literacy beliefs, their evaluations of children’s writing, and their recommendations for ways to support it
Preschool teachers’ literacy-related beliefs and literacy knowledge relate to their educational practices and preschoolers’ literacy skills. In this...
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Literacy instruction from afar: evidence for the effectiveness of a remotely delivered language-rich reading programme
There is good evidence that high-quality instruction targeting reading-related skills in the classroom leads to gains in reading. However,...
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Are children with early literacy difficulties at risk for anxiety disorders in late childhood?
The present study examined whether literacy difficulties in both grades 2 and 3 are associated with social and generalized anxiety within the school...
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Spelling development in Hong Kong early Chinese–English literacy learners
Cross-language transfer happens in bilingual reading development. However, little is known about whether L1 affects L2 spelling development. In...
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EFL literacy instruction as reflected in elementary school textbooks in Israel
Israel is one of many countries in which English is not the spoken language. In these countries, it is of the utmost importance for students to...
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The contribution of intrinsic motivation and home literacy environment to Singaporean bilingual children’s receptive vocabulary
This study examined the within- and cross-language relationships between intrinsic language learning motivation, home literacy environment (shared...
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A Literacy Unit in Primary Education
In this chapter, a literacy unit for students of Spanish as a foreign language will be presented. As it is based on a video about how to make a paper...
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Searching for Literacy The Social and Intellectual Origins of Literacy Studies
This book provides a critical account of the development of questions, approaches, methods, and understandings of literacy within and across...
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Information Literacy and Digital Literacy
Since the concept of literacy has shifted over the years from basic reading, writing, and speaking practices to a multifaceted skill set that...