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Download full textMacCubrey, Mary Katharine – 1968
Operant conditioning techniques were used to modify verbal behavior in 18 institutionalized, trainable mentally handicapped mongoloids with chronological ages from 4-6 to 7-10 and mental ages from 2.0 to 2.10. Two instruments were constructed to evaluate language: a language test and a speech rating scale. Project leaders had no prior knowledge of…
Descriptors: Behavior, Behavior Change, Case Records, Down Syndrome
Savignon, Sandra J. – 1975
One of the main tenets of the audio-lingual theory which has dominated most of our thinking in foreign language teaching methodology for the last fifteen years is that students should never be put in the situation of having to say something for which they have not already learned the patterns. Is the language laboratory really useful, however, in…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Class Activities, Communicative Competence (Languages), Educational Games
Buzan, Jean Mary – 1972
The study describes an experimental program in Vancouver to teach English as an additional language to older immigrants who were excluded from existing programs for one reason or another. Classes were held during the morning hours on two consecutive days for seven weeks (with a five-week extension course) in a community center; 45 adults were…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Wells, Gordon – 1986
Based on a longitudinal study of language development, this book charts the language development of 32 British children from shortly after their first birthdays to the end of their elementary education, and explores a number of questions related to this development. Chapter 1 describes the children and their families, chapter 2 discusses the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment
Gallimore, Ronald; Tharp, Roland G. – 1976
This report presents a summary of the linguistic research conducted at the Kamehameha Early Education Program (KEEP) during its first five years of operation, as well as a description of relevant linguistic theories. The subjects of the research are the students in the KEEP elementary school (K-3) who were tested twice a year during the five-year…
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Child Language, Creoles, Cultural Influences
Valette, Rebecca M. – 1977
This handbook, intended for language teachers at all levels, is an introduction to foreign language testing. It is a revision and expansion of the edition that appeared ten years ago. This edition reflects contemporary concerns in measurement and evaluation and contemporary changes in teaching aims, particularly toward communicative competence.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Affective Objectives, Bilingual Education, Communicative Competence (Languages)
