Oral Language

Oral language development lays the foundation for both reading and writing, making it an integral part of literacy development throughout our lives. The following resources detail those links and provide ideas for how to create classrooms that nurture oral language across grade levels.

Additional Resources on Oral Language

• Embracing Oral Traditions and Interdisciplinary and Inclusive Literature in the Early Literacy Classroom
  Kenneth Kunz and Kia Brown-Dudley
  VIDEO
• Reading E-books as Support for Language and Early Literacy
  Ofra Korat
  INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICE (open access)
• Shared Book Reading in Preschools
  Dorit Aram
  INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICE (member resource)
• The Power and Promise of Read-Alouds and Independent Reading
  Molly Ness
  BRIEF
• Reading Fluently Does Not Mean Reading Fast
  Jan Hasbrouck and Deborah R. Glaser
  BRIEF
• Scaffolding Self-Correction During Oral Reading
  Tracy Johnson, Clara Mikita, Emily Rodgers, and Jerome V. D’Agostino
  TEACHING TIP | The Reading Teacher (paid access)
• Classroom-Based Oral Storytelling: Reading, Writing, and Social Benefits
  Trina D. Spencer and Chelsea Pierce
  TEACHING AND LEARNING GUIDE | The Reading Teacher (open access)
• Supporting Emergent Writing With Oral Storytelling Strategies
  Katie Schrodt, Erin FitzPatrick, and Janna McClain
  TEACHING AND LEARNING GUIDE | The Reading Teacher (paid access)
• Oral Language Intervention in Norwegian Schools Serving Young Language-Minority Learners: A Randomized Trial
  Mia C. Heller, Arne Lervåg, and Vibeke Grøver
  ARTICLE | Reading Research Quarterly (paid access)
• Oral Reading Fluency of College Graduates: Toward a Deeper Understanding of College Ready Fluency
  Timothy Rasinski, Abbey Galeza, Lauren Vogel, Brittany Viton, Heather Rundo, Emma Royan, Randa Nemer Shaheen, Monica Bartholomew, Chotika Kaewkaemket, Faida Stokes, Chase Young, and David Paige
  ARTICLE | Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy (open access)
• Powerful Early Teaching During Oral Reading
  Kimberly Anderson, Patricia L. Scharer, and Jamie Lipp
  ARTICLE | Literacy Today (member magazine)
• Building Oral Reading Resiliency
  Justin Stygles
  BLOG POST | Literacy Now