Handbook of Language and Literacy, First Edition Development and Disorders

by Stone, C. Addison; Silliman, Elaine R.; Ehren, Barbara J.; Apel, Kenn

• ISBN13: 9781593852863
• ISBN10: 159385286X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-11-16
• Publisher: The Guilford Press

Summary

Much has been learned in recent years about the close connections among language and literacy processes, both typical and atypical. Filling a significant gap in the literature, this comprehensive volume brings together leading authorities in communication sciences and disorders, learning disabilities, and literacy education to present current knowledge in this area. Reviewed are the latest advances in theory, research, and practice in language and literacy development, including the impact of specific language-related processes on literacy learning and ways to achieve optimal learning outcomes with diverse students.

Author Biography

C. Addison Stone, PhD, is Professor and Chair of Educational Studies at the University of Michigan. His research interests center on the social context of learning and development in children with language and learning disabilities. He has served as coeditor of [i]Learning Disabilities Research and Practice[/i] and is on the editorial boards of several other journals in the field.

Elaine R. Silliman, PhD, CCC-SLP, is Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders and Cognitive and Neural Sciences at the University of South Florida and a Fellow of the American Speech/n-/Language/n-/Hearing Association. Her research interests and publications focus on oral language/n-/literacy connections in monolingual English-speaking children with social dialect variations, bilingual (Spanish/n-/English) children, and children with language learning disabilities.

Barbara J. Ehren, EdD, CCC-SLP, is a Research Associate at the University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning and a Fellow of the American Speech/n-/Language/n-/Hearing Association. Her research and development work focuses on adolescent literacy, with an emphasis on the Strategic Instruction Model at the school level and on the shared responsibility of a variety of professionals for content literacy.

Kenn Apel, PhD, CCC-SLP, is is Professor in the Department of Communication Disorders at Florida State University and a Fellow of the American Speech/n-/Language/n-/Hearing Association. He has authored or coauthored numerous peer-reviewed articles, books, and book chapters, as well as software programs and the spelling instructional curriculum SPELL-Links to Reading and Writing.

Table of Contents

I. THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES IN THE STUDY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERACY DISORDERS
Introduction	1	(2)
Contemporary Approaches to the Study of Language and Literacy Development: A Call for the Integration of Perspectives	3	(22)
C. Addison Stone
Genetic Correlates of Language and Literacy Impairments	25	(24)
Jeffrey W. Gilger
Susan E. Wise
Neurobiological Correlates of Language and Reading Impairments	49	(24)
Maria Mody
Cognitive Factors in Second-Language Acquisition and Literacy Learning: A Theoretical Proposal and Call for Research	73	(9)
Gayane Meschyan
Arturo E. Hernandez
Methodological Issues in Research on Language and Early Literacy from the Perspective of Early Identification and Instruction	82	(15)
Deborah L. Speece
David H. Cooper
II. THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL CONTEXTS OF LANGUAGE AND LITERACY ACQUISITION
Introduction	95	(2)
Policy and Practice Imperatives for Language and Literacy Learning: Who Will Be Left Behind?	97	(33)
Elaine R. Silliman
Louise C. Wilkinson
Maria R. Brea-Spahn
Social and Affective Factors in Children with Language Impairment: Implications for Literacy Learning	130	(24)
Bonnie Brinton
Martin Fujiki
Family Literacy Practices	154	(21)
Barbara Hanna Wasik
Jennifer S. Hendrickson
Fostering Preliteracy Development via Storybook-Sharing Interactions: The Cultural Context of Mainstream Family Practices	175	(34)
Anne van Kleeck
Preschool-Based Prevention of Reading Disability: Realities versus Possibilities	209	(19)
David K. Dickinson
Allyssa McCabe
Nancy Clark-Chiarelli
Language Variation and Literacy Learning	228	(20)
Holly K. Craig
Julie A. Washington
Learning to Read and Write in Two Languages: The Development of Early Biliteracy Abilities	248	(23)
Liliana Barro Zecker
III. LANGUAGE PROCESSES UNDERLYING ATYPICAL LITERACY LEARNING: COMPLEMENTARY PERSPECTIVES
Introduction	267	(4)
Phonological Processing and Its Influence on Literacy Learning	271	(31)
Gary A. Troia
Developmental Dependencies between Lexical Semantics and Reading	302	(16)
Karla K. McGregor
Morphological Processes That Influence Learning to Read	318	(22)
Joanne F. Carlisle
Syntactic Contributions to Literacy Learning	340	(23)
Cheryl M. Scott
Social Cognition, Conversation, and Reading Comprehension: How to Read a Comedy of Manners	363	(17)
Mavis L. Donahue
Sharon K. Foster
The Foundational Role of Schemas in Children's Language and Literacy Learning	380	(18)
Judith Felson Duchan
A Language Perspective on Executive Functioning, Metacognition, and Self-Regulation in Reading	398	(35)
Carol Westby
IV. ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH LANGUAGE AND LITERACY CHALLENGES
Introduction	429	(4)
Word Recognition
Developmental Variation in Word Recognition	433	(28)
Linnea C. Ehri
Margaret J. Snowling
Word Recognition Assessment Frameworks	461	(20)
Froma P. Roth
Teaching Students with Reading Disability to Read Words	481	(20)
Rollanda E. O'Connor
Kathryn M. Bell
Reading Comprehension
Difficulties with Reading Comprehension	501	(20)
Nell K. Duke
Michael Pressley
Katherine Hilden
Assessment of Reading Comprehension	521	(20)
Joanne F. Carlisle
Melinda S. Rice
Teaching Reading Comprehension to Students with Learning Disabilities	541	(18)
Sharon Vaughn
Janette Klingner
Writing Composition
Developmental Variations in Writing Composition Skills	559	(24)
Bonnie D. Singer
Anthony S. Bashir
A Classroom-Based Writing Assessment Framework	583	(17)
Robert C. Calfee
Kathleen M. Wilson
Cognitive Processes of Teachers in Implementing Composition Research in Elementary, Middle, and High School Classrooms	600	(27)
Bernice Y. L. Wong
Virginia W. Berninger
Spelling
Developmental Variations in Spelling: Comparing Typical and Poor Spellers	627	(17)
Marie Cassar
Rebecca Treiman
Spelling Assessment Frameworks	644	(17)
Kenn Apel
Julie J. Masterson
Nicole L. Niessen
Spelling Instructional and Intervention Frameworks	661	(20)
Laura L. Bailet
Special Considerations with Adolescents and Young Adults
Enhancing Literacy Proficiency with Adolescents and Young Adults	681	(22)
Barbara J. Ehren
B. Keith Lenz
Donald D. Deshler
Author Index	703	(19)
Subject Index	722