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ERIC Number: EJ291314
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Can Four Year Olds "Read" Words in the Environment?
Goodall, Marilyn
Reading Teacher, v37 n6 p478-82 Feb 1984
Concludes that preschool children know that print conveys information, yet frequently use environmental cues rather than letter knowledge when they appear to read. (FL)
Descriptors: Child Language, Early Reading, Prereading Experience, Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Reading Skills, Word Recognition, Young Children
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Environmental Reading; Print Awareness