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The effects of basal readers on oral language structures: A description of complexity

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Holloway, KFC
Published in: Journal of Psycholinguistic Research
March 1, 1986

This report describes preliminary results of a research project to determine the effects of basal readers on productive and responsive (P/R) language. The research population consisted of 25 kindergarten and first-grade children, average age 6 years 4 months. Each child met with the interviewer three times: (1) to elicit a natural language sample, (2) to elicit (P/R) language following oral reading of a basal text, and (3) to elicit (P/R) language following oral reading of a story whose language matched, in complexity and length, their natural language sample. Results indicated that after children read a basal text, P/R language was significantly lower than their natural language. After children read a story whose language matched their natural language, P/R language was not significantly different from their natural language sample. The study implies that basal readers' language structures have a deleterious effect on (P/R) language of readers in their oral reactions to text. © 1986 Plenum Publishing Corporation.

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Journal of Psycholinguistic Research

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EISSN

1573-6555

ISSN

0090-6905

Publication Date

March 1, 1986

Volume

15

Issue

2

Start / End Page

141 / 151

Related Subject Headings

  • Experimental Psychology
  • 2004 Linguistics
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1701 Psychology
 

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Holloway, K. F. C. (1986). The effects of basal readers on oral language structures: A description of complexity. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 15(2), 141–151. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01067519
Holloway, K. F. C. “The effects of basal readers on oral language structures: A description of complexity.” Journal of Psycholinguistic Research 15, no. 2 (March 1, 1986): 141–51. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01067519.
Holloway KFC. The effects of basal readers on oral language structures: A description of complexity. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research. 1986 Mar 1;15(2):141–51.
Holloway, K. F. C. “The effects of basal readers on oral language structures: A description of complexity.” Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, vol. 15, no. 2, Mar. 1986, pp. 141–51. Scopus, doi:10.1007/BF01067519.
Holloway KFC. The effects of basal readers on oral language structures: A description of complexity. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research. 1986 Mar 1;15(2):141–151.
Journal cover image

Published In

Journal of Psycholinguistic Research

DOI

EISSN

1573-6555

ISSN

0090-6905

Publication Date

March 1, 1986

Volume

15

Issue

2

Start / End Page

141 / 151

Related Subject Headings

  • Experimental Psychology
  • 2004 Linguistics
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1701 Psychology