Speech to Print: Language Essentials for Teachers / Edition 3

by Louisa Cook Moats

Overview

Learn more about the new edition!

For two decades, Speech to Print has been a bestselling, widely adopted textbook on explicit, high-quality literacy instruction. Now the anticipated third edition is here, fully updated with ten years of new research, a complete package of supporting materials, and expanded guidance on the how of assessment and instruction in today's classrooms.

Filling a critical gap in teacher preparation courses, Speech to Print supplies K-12 educators with in-depth knowledge of the structure and function of language—fundamentals they need to deliver successful structured literacy instruction. Renowned literacy expert Louisa Cook Moats gives current and future teachers comprehensive, accurate, and accessible information on the underpinnings of language instruction, including:

• the history of the English language and its effect on spelling
• English phonology, including speech sounds and their distinctive features
• how print represents speech in English
• the morphological aspects of words
• syntax and its instruction
• how meaning is conveyed with language

Through case studies, activities, recommended teaching principles, and close analysis of real-world student work samples, teachers will also receive invaluable insight into how their students should be taught. Ideal for use in preservice courses and in-service professional development sessions, this essential textbook will give educators the strong foundation they need to teach language and reading skills to students with and without disabilities.

WHAT'S NEW:

• New and expanded practical content on the how of language and reading instruction
• New and updated chapter exercises
• New faculty support materials
• More on key topics like program and curricula selection, frameworks for instructional planning, and problem solving when students are slow to respond to intervention
• More accessible, undergraduate-friendly tone and structure
• Additional graphics to illustrate key concepts

NEW FACULTY SUPPORT MATERIALS! Support your instruction with a complete package of online companion materials, including chapter quizzes, a sample syllabus/course outline, PowerPoints to accompany each chapter, PDF handouts for selected concepts, and a video demonstrating production of all the sounds in the English language.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781681253305
Publisher:	Brookes Publishing
Publication date:	02/01/2020
Edition description:	3rd ed.
Pages:	344
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Louisa Cook Moats, Ed.D., has published many book chapters, journal articles, and policy papers on reading instruction. Formerly Project Director at the District of Columbia Public Schools site of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Early Interventions Project, Dr. Moats is now an independent consultant and writer who specializes in the professional development of teachers of reading and writing. Dr. Moats spent the 1996-1997 school year as a visiting scholar at the Sacramento County Office of Education, where she authored and presented leadership training materials on early reading for the California State Board of Education. These materials are now required content in all of the professional development programs conducted under Assembly Bill 1086 in California. Dr. Moats received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Wellesley College, her Master of Arts degree from Peabody College of Vanderbilt University, and her doctorate of education in reading and human development from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She worked as a teacher, neuropsychology technician, and specialist in learning disorders prior to her doctoral training. She was a licensed psychologist in private practice for 15 years in Vermont and a graduate instructor both at Harvard and at St. Michael's College in Winooski, Vermont, where she developed innovative courses for teachers linking the disciplines of linguistics and reading education. Specializing in reading development, reading disorders, spelling, and written language, she has written and lectured widely throughout the United States and abroad. She has taught courses in teacher education at the Greenwood Institute in Putney, Vermont, and at Simmons College in Boston. Her publications include this text's companion workbook, Speech to Print Workbook: Language Exercises for Teachers (Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., 2003); journal articles; book chapters; a classroom basal spelling program; a book titled Spelling: Development, Disability, and Instruction (York Press, 1995); and a book for parents, co-authored with Susan L. Hall, Straight Talk About Reading: How Parents Can Make a Difference in the Early Years (Contemporary Books, 1999).

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Table of Contents

About the Author
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction

Chapter 1 Why Study Language?

Chapter 2 Phonetics: The Sounds in Speech

Chapter 3 Phonology: Speech Sounds in Use

Chapter 4 The Structure of English Orthography

Chapter 5 Morphology for Reading, Spelling, and Vocabulary

Chapter 6 Syntax: How Sentences Work

Chapter 7 Semantics: Word and Sentence Meaning

Chapter 8 Structured Language and Literacy Instruction

Index

Editorial Reviews

Includes all a teacher needs to know about the English language in order to teach reading and writing . . . a must-read for all teachers.

Marcia K Henry

Reveals the connection between language structure and how students learn to read, and shows how to apply concepts of phoneme awareness, spelling, vocabulary, and comprehension in sample lesson plans and adaptations. Information will help educators identify, understand, and solve problems students with or without learning disabilities may encounter when learning to read and write. Appendices provide case studies, sample lessons plans, word lists, spelling inventories, and a glossary. Moats is affiliated with the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

"This text has been instrumental in deepening teachers' linguistic knowledge and improving their understanding of reading instruction. The second edition incorporates up-to-date research while providing a range of rich examples of how to put this knowledge into practice."

David Coker

"Speech to Print is the treasure map that Louisa has provided teachers to point the way from research to results. This second edition adds shading and nuance that gives teachers unparalleled understanding and insight. My only regret is that the thumbed, earmarked, and highlighted copy that has become such a friend will be put aside while I begin to thumb, earmark, and highlight the second edition."

G. Emerson Dickman

"Provides a winning survey for elementary educators."

The Midwest Book Review-California Bookwatch

"Speech to Print has long been a mainstay in my courses on reading - the second edition expands and strengthens this valuable resource. The content truly is essential for educators and specialists responsible for helping students succeed at learning to read."

University of Rhode Island and Haskins Laboratories - Susan Brady

"[Speech to Print] is always front and center on my reference list. I look forward to recommending this revised edition. If every educator mastered the content of this volume, I am sure that our instruction and intervention efforts would be much improved."

Vanderbilt University - C. Melanie Schuele

"Just when you think Louisa Moats can't improve on her cache of professional development writings for teachers, she drops another literacy gift in our laps. This new book . . . weaves the latest research on language, reading, writing and spelling seamlessly with practical classroom application."

Senior Research Associate, The National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality, Vanderbilt University - Peabody Colleg - Susan M. Smartt

"Includes all a teacher needs to know about the English language in order to teach reading and writing . . . a must-read for all teachers."

author, Unlocking Literacy: Effective Decoding and Spelling Instruction; former president, The International Dyslexi - Marcia K. Henry

"Simply the most brilliant and informative example of how effective instructional practices are informed by converging scientific evidence."

Southern Methodist University - G. Reid Lyon

"An essential book . . . Dr. Moats has done an outstanding job of integrating research and application from the field of literacy. Required reading for teachers as well as for those who prepare them in the colleges of education."

Associate Dean for Graduate Program Development; Professor of Literacy Education, ESL, and Educational Psychology, Texas - R. Malatesha Joshi

"Teachers will deepen their knowledge and application of reading basics and literacy through Speech to Print's accessible, self-guided lessons. A must have for inservice and preservice teachers."

LETRS National Trainer, author, LETRS Foundations: An Introduction to Language and Literacy; Next STEPS in Literacy - Deborah R. Glaser