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EJ390377 CS737905
Title: Vocabulary Acquisition from Listening to Stories.
Author(s) Elley, Warwick B.
Source: Reading Research Quarterly, v24 n2 p174-87 Spr 1989
Publication Date: 1989
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJOCT1989
Investigates the extent that reading aloud to children in the
classroom aids them in acquiring new vocabulary. Finds that oral
story reading constitutes a significant source of vocabulary
acquisition, whether or not the reading is accompanied by teacher
explanation of word meanings. (RS)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries; Primary Education; *Reading Aloud to
Others; Reading Research; *Story Reading; *Vocabulary Development;
Young Children
Identifiers: New Zealand; Vocabulary Instruction
