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Peer reviewedJylha-Laide, Jaana – Journal of Educational Television, 1994
Presents a case study of a six-year-old Finnish girl who learned a foreign language by watching English language cartoons on video, without formal teaching or contact with native speakers. Topics addressed include television versus video; sentence structure; rate of speech; repetition; and learning by viewing versus naturalistic language learning.…
Descriptors: Cartoons, Case Studies, Childrens Television, English
Williamson, Juanita V.; Thompson, C. Lamar – 1984
Two major theories trace the origins of black English to African influence or British Isles influence. According to the African origin theory, black English was created through pidginization, creolization, and decreolization as Africans came into contact with Europeans through the slave trade. The second theory holds that most black English…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black History, Cultural Influences, Diachronic Linguistics
Peer reviewedMcCallum, Karin; Dickerson, Jo Ann – Bulletin of the Association for Business Communication, 1985
Recounts students' reactions to the videotaping of their speeches in three speech communication classes. Shows how the students found the taping experience valuable. (EL)
Descriptors: Business Communication, Communication Skills, Educational Research, Higher Education
