Visual and Linguistic Factors in Literacy Acquisition : Instructional Implications for Beginning Readers in Low-income Countries

Improving the quality of literacy teaching may require intervening at different levels, for example, encouraging school attendance and optimizing textbook format and teaching methods. Reading is a complex task involving perceptual, motor, linguisti...

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Main Authors:	Marinelli, Chiara Valeria, Martelli, Marialuisa, Praphamontripong, Prachayani, Zoccolotti, Pierluigi, Abadzi, Helen
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMIC SUCCESS ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL ACQUISITION OF LITERACY ADAPTATION ADOLESCENTS ADULT ILLITERATES ADULT LEARNING ADULTS ALPHABET ALPHABETS ATTENTION AUDITING AVAILABILITY OF TEXTBOOKS BASIC SKILLS BINDING BLACKBOARDS CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES CLASSROOM CLASSROOM TEACHING CLOSEST MATCH COLLEGE STUDENTS COLONIAL LANGUAGES CONCEPT FORMATION CONTENTS DEMONSTRATION DESCRIPTION DEVELOPMENTAL PERIOD DOMAIN DONOR SUPPORT DRILLS EARLY CHILDHOOD EARLY GRADES EARLY READING EARLY YEARS OF SCHOOL EDUCATION FOR ALL EDUCATION QUALITY EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS EDUCATIONAL QUALITY EFFECTIVE TEACHERS EFFECTIVE TEACHING EFFECTIVE TEACHING STRATEGIES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ENGLISH SPEAKING CHILDREN ENTRY FIRST GRADE GROSS ENROLMENT GROSS ENROLMENT RATES HEADINGS ILLITERATE ADULTS ILLITERATE CHILDREN ILLITERATE POPULATION ILLITERATES INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES INFANTS INFORMATION PROCESSING INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS INSTRUCTIONAL TIME INTERVENTIONS INTUITION LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION LEARNERS LEARNING LEARNING CURVE LEARNING CURVES LEARNING DISABILITIES LEARNING EFFECT LEARNING MATERIALS LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES LEARNING OUTCOMES LEARNING PROCESS LEGIBILITY LET LEVEL OF EDUCATION LINGUISTIC DIFFERENCES LITERACY LITERACY SKILLS MATURATION MEMORY MOTHER TONGUE OBJECT OBJECTS OLDER CHILDREN PAPERS PERCEPTION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRINTING COSTS PROBABILITY PSYCHOLOGY QUALITY EDUCATION QUALITY OF EDUCATION QUALITY OF LITERACY QUALITY OF TEXTBOOKS QUALITY TEACHING READERS READING READING ACHIEVEMENT READING COMPETENCE READING COMPREHENSION READING SKILLS READINGS RECOGNITION REGULAR SCHOOL ATTENDANCE RESEARCHERS RETENTION RURAL STUDENTS SCHOOL AGE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL DROPOUTS SCHOOL YEAR SCHOOL YEARS SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SECOND LANGUAGE SELECTIVE ATTENTION SITE SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT STANDARDIZED TESTS STUDENT LEARNING TEACHER TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS TEACHERS TEACHING TEACHING METHOD TEACHING METHODS TEACHING STRATEGIES TEST SCORES TEXTBOOK TEXTBOOK AVAILABILITY TEXTBOOK PRINTING THINKING THOUGHTS VOCABULARIES VOCABULARY WORKING MEMORY YOUNG CHILDREN
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/18043049/visual-linguistic-factors-literacy-acquisition-instructional-implications-beginning-readers-low-income-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16244