Speech to Print: Language Essentials for Teachers (Paperback)

by Louisa Cook Moats (Author) "In most colleges and graduate programs, language is studied by future linguists, speech teachers, actors, singers, and anthropologists..." (more)
Key Phrases: meaningful word parts, vowel team, speech sound system, American English, New York, Middle English (more...)

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"Anyone who wants to understand how words in print relate to words of speech, or anyone who teaches any of the language arts, will want to own this book."

Product Description
This thorough and well-written book ties textbook theory to classroom practice, transcribing the process of learning how to read-from speech to print! Working through the excercises will enable you to recognize, understand, and solve problems that children encounter when learning to read and write. Slef-tests are included within the chapters for you to rehearse the language skills presented. complete with case studies, field-tested lesson plans and their adaptations, and extensive appendices of answer keys, Speech to Print is you indespensible course in the art of language.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Brookes Publishing Company; 1 edition (July 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557663874
• ISBN-13: 978-1557663870
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #85,540 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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39 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Teaching Teachers About The Speech to Print Connection, February 21, 2001

By	Shirley Bate, Educational Consultant (Montpelier, Vermont United States) - See all my reviews

Professors and teachers who are responsible for the instruction of pre- and inservice teachers will appreciate this excellent core text in the language foundations of reading. The author's unique background in reading science, teaching, and assessment have equipped her to provide the reader with knowledge of the language processes essential to teaching reading and spelling. Exercises are provided throughout the book and at the end of chapters that may be used to practice application of the concepts taught in the text. Professors with prior training in introductory level linguistics will be more comfortable with this text than those who do not have prior background in phonetics, phonology, grammar, morphology, and language as it relates to the teaching of reading and writing.Highly motivated teachers can use the text for self-teaching, however they would benefit from doing so in a small group of like-minded colleagues who can support each other as they work their way through the text.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars English is simple, December 23, 2007

By	Dennis I. Saller (Modesto, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

...well, at least it's not near as bad as we have been lead to believe the last few decades, no thanks to the "Whole Language," or in my opinion, the "Half Language," and it's proponents (i.e. Hillary?). It's sad that this book, which in all honesty, just simply lays out the basics of English language structure is so fascinating and "new" to most teachers in public education, especially of K-3. It is now becoming all but required reading for most grad programs and school districts smart and motivated enough to implement Reading First grants. However, Moats has only scratched the surface of education with her work; Keep going!

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very important text., August 6, 2007

By	D. Thompson (Alaska) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I bought this book a few years ago after attending the International Dyslexia Association Conference and seeing Louisa Moats speak. She gave the audience of Denver teachers the "language survey" to see what we all knew about language. I stumbled on quite a few of the questions and thought "why would this be important?" but knew in my heart that the reason I was asking was because I didn't know the answer.

This book is a wealth of information and I too think it should be required text in reading courses and it is in California. But, I have realized that although I am exceedingly passionate about the knowledge it can give to all teachers K-12, it can be a difficult read. I realized this when I gave it to some colleagues I and they told me it was dense at times, hard to read and hard to digest without someone to talk about it with who understood the concepts, even though they whole heartedly wanted to gain the knowledge.

Regardless of where you are at as a learner, this book has something to offer you if you want to learn more about the language essentials behind reading instruction that all of us should know, but may not have been taught. This book even deserves to be used in a book study professional development group, college class or for the reader who wants to learn more about language and it's impacts on reading.