Helping children develop effective language use in school environments requires that as much attention be given to function as to the form and structure of language. (RC)

Discusses the importance of speech skills as antecedents to learning word perception skills in beginning reading. (RB)

Examines literary acquisition in a congenitally speechless child. Explains that in spite of a complete oral apraxia, the child developed normal intelligence and acquired complete mastery of reading and writing skills. Notes that though both his verbal memory and metaphonological skills were surprisingly preserved, he showed relative impairment in…

SEVERAL BASES FOR STRENGTHENING THE LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM IN PRIMARY GRADES WERE CONSIDERED. FROM RECENT STUDIES THAT HAVE RECORDED AND ANALYZED ACTUAL SPEECH SAMPLES OF PRESCHOOL AND SCHOOL CHILDREN, THREE ASSUMPTIONS CONCERNING CHILDREN'S LANGUAGE WERE MADE. FIRST, BY THE AGE OF THREE, MOST CHILDREN HAVE LEARNED THE BASIC STRUCTURE OF THE…

This illustrated reader is the third in a series designed for the primary-level children of Tanacross. The series is produced by the Alaska Native Language Center. (CLK)

This illustrated reader is the first in a series designed for the primary-level children of Tanacross. The series is produced by the Alaska Native Language Center. (CLK)

This booklet provides a set of learning objectives and a continuum of skills, to facilitate development of a diagnostic/prescriptive program in oral-language development. Listening skills for response to sounds, rhymes and poems, directions, and stories are defined. Also included are an individual student profile, a class profile, additional…

The results were interpreted as support for the view that oral and written language are interactive in their development, and that young children come to school with some reading abilities. For related information see EC 132 758-768. (Author)

Discusses the introduction of English FL teaching into the primary school, including creating motivation for speaking, for the individual, group and class: use of songs and games, dialogue, combining speaking and acting, and the place of the textbook in primary school English teaching. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

The inductivist model of language acquisition was tested by comparing the linguistic development of impulsive kindergarten children with that of reflective children, who, in general, make fewer errors on inductive reasoning tasks. The 81 children sampled were tested with the Matching Familiar Figures Test and with measures of syntactic and…

Confirmed the hypothesis that a relationship exists between the reading of stories and the spontaneous production of passive verb constructions by children. Concluded that learning strategies which incorporate use of story reading at home and at school provide a powerful tool in shaping language behaviors of children. (PD)

This study was designed to investigate the effect of instruction in oral language (experience activities, synonym generation, and kernel sentence expansion) on certain aspects of first graders' oral language development and reading achievement. First graders in two elementary schools, randomly assigned to control and experimental groups, were…

Reviews four current approaches to play behavior of young children and concludes that using forms of play such as puppets and body action movements to rehearse story content is effective in aiding aural language comprehension and recall in young children. (FL)

Research indicates the importance of the relationship between music, adult/child interaction, language practice, rhythm, repetition, familiarity of content, and story time, and a child's oral language development. Folk songs that have been illustrated and put into book form--"stories that sing"--can be used by parents and teachers to…

This pamphlet is the fourth in a series of ten stemming from the view that language is central to learning, that teachers can gain insights into their work and into learning by examining the language of the classroom, and that current language theory can be the means to such insights. The pamphlet presents a case study of a third grade student…