Background The relationship between oral language and the writing process at early
acquisition stages and the ways the former can enhance or limit the latter has not been …

Researchers and educators use the term emergent literacy to refer to a broad set of skills
and attitudes that serve as foundational skills for acquiring success in later reading and …

When storytelling is combined with play-based activities, it can provide an effective stimulus
for early literacy. The present study investigated the effects of a structured storytelling …

This longitudinal study investigates the development of writing proficiency in English as a
foreign language (EFL), in contrast to the development of first language (L1) writing …

Are you looking for one book that gives a comprehensive account of primary and early years
English, language and literacy teaching? This fully revised fourth edition of Teaching …

This study examined the student-level and instruction-level predictors of narrative writing
fluency and quality. Participants included 120 third-grade students from 13 classrooms …

This article argues for a conceptualization of school writing that emphasizes how cognitive
and sociocultural factors interact. In academic, professional, and affinity-based communities …

Writing provides a means for personal reflection, thinking, creativity, meaning-making and
sharing, as well as complementing other modes of communication in a world of multimodal …

Comprehensive descriptions of early writing development are needed to adequately inform
instruction and intervention and yet knowledge about how early writing develops is …

Multiple approaches to measuring preschool children's literacy interest and engagement (ie,
parent-, teacher-, child-reported child literacy interest and observer-reported child literacy …