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ERIC Number: EJ1043968
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014-Oct
Pages: 10
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0161-1461
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Using Morphological Awareness Instruction to Improve Written Language Skills
Apel, Kenn; Werfel, Krystal
Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, v45 n4 p251-260 Oct 2014
Purpose: Written English is a morphophonemic language. Researchers have documented that a conscious awareness of the morphological structure of English morphology is predictive of students' written language skills and that morphological awareness instruction leads to improvements in morphological awareness and in other written language skills. The purpose of this tutorial is to provide specific information to clinical scientists and other educators for integrating morphological awareness instruction into their written language instruction. Method: The authors first define morphological awareness and provide an overview of the research on the effects of morphological awareness intervention on improving morphological awareness and written language skills. Measures used to assess morphological awareness ability are then discussed, followed by suggestions for how clinical scientists and other educators can provide morphological awareness instruction to improve the written language skills of the students they serve. Conclusion: By integrating morphological awareness instruction into the services they provide, clinical scientists and other educators will be providing their students with a strong tool to aid written language skills.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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