Comparison of the Dolch List with Other Word Lists

The first 150 words on the original Dolch List (1936) as ranked by Dale D. Johnson in "A basic vocabulary for beginning reading" (in the Elementary School Journal, 1971, 72, Oct, 29-34) on the Kucera and W. N. Francis corpus (in Computational analysis of present-day American English Provid...

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Published in:The Reading teacher 1974-10, Vol.28 (1), p.40-44
Main Authors: Lowe, A. J., Follman, John
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Basal reading
Children
College instruction
Grade levels
Readability
Reading instruction
Reading teachers
Vocabulary
Word frequency analysis
Words
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Summary:The first 150 words on the original Dolch List (1936) as ranked by Dale D. Johnson in "A basic vocabulary for beginning reading" (in the Elementary School Journal, 1971, 72, Oct, 29-34) on the Kucera and W. N. Francis corpus (in Computational analysis of present-day American English Providence RI: Brown U Press, 1967) were compared to the J. B. Carroll, et al. (in Word frequency book Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1972), Otto and Chester (See "Sight words for beginning readers," in the Journal of Educational Research, 1972, 65, Jul-Aug, 435-442.), and the Johnson corpora. Highly significant rho correlations were found. A preponderance of the words was also found in lists derived from the following basal reader studies: Harris, A. J., & Jacobson, M. D., "Basic vocabulary for beginning reading," in The Reading Teacher, 1973, 26, 4, Jan, 392-395; Johnson, D. D., & Barrett, T. C., "Johnson's basic vocabulary for beginning reading and current basal readers," in the Journal of Reading Behavior, 1972, 4, Fall, 1-11; and Taylor, S. E., et al., A revised core vocabulary Huntingon NY: EDL /McGraw Hill, 1969. The conclusion of this comparison is that the Dolch List is as useful as ever and may continue to be used with impunity. Modified AA
ISSN:0034-0561