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ozlouise
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Posted: Sept 18 2007 at 5:33am | IP Logged Quote ozlouise
I read *somewhere* about the vocabulary level in books being a lot higher than in everyday language and therefore that books were great for developing vocabulary.

I can not for the life of me remember where I read this (maybe Trelease?????) and would like to quote it in something I am doing.

Can anyone help???
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Posted: Sept 21 2007 at 2:08pm | IP Logged Quote Karen T
I remember reading something similar also. I think Trelease is a good guess, but I'm not positive.
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Posted: Sept 21 2007 at 7:37pm | IP Logged Quote dollylima
I find that my son's conversational vocabulary is far beyond most of the "modern" things that he reads, but is enriched when we read things that were published long ago, like C.S. Lewis and other classics.
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Posted: Sept 21 2007 at 8:16pm | IP Logged Quote ozlouise
Thankyou for your replies,

I'll get the book from the library again and scan it!

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