THE SPOKEN LANGUAGE AND LITERACY

Authors

  • Jeannette Veach Jersey City State College

Abstract

Not only is speech the first language all human beings learn, it is the best medium by which each person finds his own niche in his society. Silence teaches little. The silence of the classroom is the deadliest of instructional atmospheres. The teacher who is convinced that noisy children are a direct threat to his authority deprives, and the word is used advisedly, children of interaction that is crucial to their development into literate humans.

Author Biography

Jeannette Veach, Jersey City State College

DR. JEANNETTE VEATCH, Professor of English at Jersey City State College, is well known as a specialist in reading. Her publications include Reading in the Elementary School, Ronald Press, 1966

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Published

1967-04-01

How to Cite

Veach, J. (1967). THE SPOKEN LANGUAGE AND LITERACY. McGill Journal of Education / Revue Des Sciences De l’éducation De McGill, 2(001). Retrieved from https://mje.mcgill.ca/article/view/6598

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Vol. 2 No. 001 (1967)

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