Erickson 1976

Erickson 1976

Reference
	Erickson, Carol J. 1976. "New ideas for pre-reading: An 'A-C-E' book in the Isirawa language." READ: Promoting Literacy and Literature. Interest level: lay specialist.

Summary
	Describes how a first prereader motivated reading and why the method worked. Illustrates a pragmatic approach, motivating reading by using pictures familiar to the people. The text is easy to understand because words and pictures had a direct meaningful relationship.

Context for this page:

Bibliography module: Erickson 1976
In overview module: Bibliography (Literacy): E
In modular book: Bibliography (Literacy), by Doris Gallemore, Trudi C. Hunt, Jeanne Swanson, and Stephen L. Walter
In document collection: Reference materials
In bookshelf: Literacy

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