LINGUIST List 21.4354 Mon Nov 01 2010 Qs: Scientific Reviews: 'Your Baby Can Read' Editor for this issue: Danielle St. Jean <daniellelinguistlist.org> We'd like to remind readers that the responses to queries are usually best posted to the individual asking the question. That individual is then strongly encouraged to post a summary to the list. This policy was instituted to help control the huge volume of mail on LINGUIST; so we would appreciate your cooperating with it whenever it seems appropriate. In addition to posting a summary, we'd like to remind people that it is usually a good idea to personally thank those individuals who have taken the trouble to respond to the query. To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/LL/posttolinguist.cfm. Directory         1.     Johanna Rubba , Scientific Reviews: 'Your Baby Can Read' Message 1: Scientific Reviews: 'Your Baby Can Read' Date: 28-Oct-2010 From: Johanna Rubba <jrubbacalpoly.edu> Subject: Scientific Reviews: 'Your Baby Can Read' E-mail this message to a friend Dear LINGUIST subscribers, Does anyone know of scientific reviews of the early-reading program "Your Baby Can Read"? All I'm able to find in database searches are not in academic journals. One of my teacher-ed students asked about this program. I watched the promotional videos on the company's website and read some customer reviews. It appears that the program can teach very young children whole-word recognition, but some parents claim their child can "sound out" new words that they haven't seen before. I'm interested in whether any language-acquisition or literacy experts have reviewed this program and/or tested children who have done it for alphabetic literacy. Thank you so much, Dr. Johanna Rubba, Professor, Linguistics Linguistics Minor Advisor English Department California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo E-mail: jrubbacalpoly.edu Tel.: 805.756.2184 Dept. Ofc. Tel.: 805.756.2596 Dept. Fax: 805.756.6374 URL: http://www.cla.calpoly.edu/~jrubba Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition                             Psycholinguistics Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 01-Nov-2010       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.