ERICA LONG spoke of Re: Whole Language 1 to DAN TRIPLETT on 09-02-96
EL> Hi Dan, 
EL> I have studied both linguistics and reading development and the two
EL>are   not mutually exclusive. I think an analogy has been drawn
EL>between language   acquisition from the cradle ie by immersion and
EL> learning to read by the  applicaton of similar strategies in the
EL>orientation to print.  
EL> DT> vocabulary).  I am basing my use of the term on Brian Cambourne,
EL> DT> an  Australian researcher, who, after observing children
EL> DT> successfully  
Thanks for the posting Erica.  I thought it would be fun to explore the 
current happenings regarding spelling.  I have some interesting research 
data that may get more than a few responses.  Speaking of spelling,  to 
any and all who happened to notice that my last few messages were rather 
strange with words place here and there not fitting in the sentence -- I 
blame my spell checker.  I did a replace all and it deleted some words 
and inserted others.  Did anyone notice?
Erica -- have you read anything by Regie Routman?  I have been looking 
over the book *Transitions* and *Invitations* by Routman.  What she has 
to say about phonics instruction would sent this echo in a tizzy I 
think.  Maybe I'll quote a few pages from her book .
Dan
CMPQwk 1.42 445p
POLITICS: Poly: many + Tics: blood sucking parasites
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