A LIST OF BASIC SIGHT WORDS FOR OLDER DISABLED READERS

(J. L. Johns, English Journal 61: 1057-9, October, 1972)

  1. more
  2. than
  3. other
  4. such
  5. even
  6. most
  7. also
  8. through
  9. should
  10. each
  11. people
  12. Mr.
  13. state (province)
  14. world
  15. still
  16. between
  17. life
  18. being
  19. same
  20. another
  21. while
  1. last
  2. might
  3. great
  4. year
  5. since
  6. against
  7. himself
  8. few
  9. during
  10. without
  11. place
  12. American (Canadian)
  13. however
  14. Mrs.
  15. thought
  16. part
  17. general
  18. high
  19. united
  20. left
  21. number
  1. course
  2. ware
  3. until
  4. something
  5. fact
  6. though
  7. less
  8. public
  9. almost
  10. enough
  11. took
  12. yet
  13. government
  14. system
  15. set
  16. told
  17. nothing
  18. end
  19. didn't
  20. later
  21. knew

REFERENCES

1.

Brown, Don A. The reading Interests of Adult Basic Education Students.

Adult BasicEducation: The State of the Art. Department of Education,
The University of Chicago, Chicago, I11., 1970, 104-109.
 
2.

Singer, H., Samuels, S.J. and Spiroff, J. The effects of Pictures and Contextual

Conditions on Learning Responses to Printed Words. Reading Research Quarterly,
9, No.4, 1973-1974, 555-567.
  
3. Johns J. A List of Basic Sight Words for Older Disabled Readers. English Journal,
61, October, 1972,1057-1059.
 
4. Johns, Jerry L. Should the Dolch List be Retired, Replaced or Revised?
The Elementary School Journal, March, 1974, 375-380.
  
5. Gray, William S. On Their Own in Reading. Scott, Foreman & Company, Chicago, 1960
  
6. Fries, Edward. Fry Readability Formula. Journal of Reading, April, 1968, 513-514.

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