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Choral Reading and the English Teacher
Stassen, Marilyn E. – Engl J, 1969
Descriptors: Creativity, Dramatics, English Instruction, Interpretive Reading
Evaluating a Readers Theatre Production
Young, Jerry D. – Speech Teacher, 1970
Sample critique sheets are included. (RD)
Descriptors: Dramatics, Evaluation Methods, Interpretive Reading, Literary Discrimination
The Effect of Training on the Oral Interpreter's Perception of a Text.
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Mohrmann, G. P.; Kaplan, Stuart J. – Central States Speech Journal, 1980
Describes an experiment confirming the prediction that readers exposed to an explanation of the dramatistic approach to oral interpretation form more detailed and complex initial impressions of the literature than do persons not exposed. Whether this exposure produces better oral performances, however, is a question that should be further…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Higher Education, Listening Comprehension, Literary Criticism
THE ORAL STUDY OF LITERATURE. STUDIES IN SPEECH SERIES.
SLOAN, THOMAS O., ED. – 1966
WRITTEN FOR BOTH THE "GENERAL" STUDENT INTERESTED IN CRITICAL APPROACHES TO LITERATURE AND THE ORAL INTERPRETATION STUDENT WHO NEEDS A VARIETY OF CRITICAL ANALYSES TO COMBINE WITH ORAL PERFORMANCE IN HIS STUDY OF LITERATURE, THIS BOOK PROVIDES FIVE EXAMPLES OF DIFFERENT CRITICAL APPROACHES TO LITERATURE AND ITS ORAL INTERPRETATION. PART 1, "THE…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, English Instruction, Interpretive Reading, Literary Criticism
Advantages of the Oral Study of Literature
Esolen, Gary – Oral English, 1972
Descriptors: College Instruction, Instructional Materials, Interpretive Reading, Literature
The ERIC Connection: Oral Interpretation Across the Curriculum.
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Crain, SueAnn Kendall – Youth Theatre Journal, 1988
Summarizes seven documents on oral interpretation from the ERIC system, and states that they can be used to show students the importance of reading aloud with skill. Cites that they also provide suggestions for using oral interpretation in the study of many types of literature and contexts. (MM)
Descriptors: Drama, Elementary Secondary Education, Literature, Oral Interpretation
Readers Theatre Handbook: A Dramatic Approach to Literature. Revised Edition.
Coger, Leslie Irene; White, Melvin R. – 1973
This handbook defines Readers Theatre, explores the selection and adaptation of material, and discusses casting, rehearsing, and performing of literature. It is divided into three major parts. Part One, "Origins, Concepts, and Precepts," emphasizes current trends in Readers Theatre and considers problems stemming from the introduction of…
Descriptors: Acting, Creative Dramatics, Higher Education, Instructional Materials
Studies in Interpretation. Volume II.
Doyle, Esther M., Ed.; Floyd, Virginia Hastings, Ed. – 1977
The purpose of this second book of 21 self-contained essays is the same as that of the first volume published in 1972: to bring together the scholarly theory and current research regarding oral interpretation. One third of the essays are centered on literature itself: prose fiction, poetry, and the drama. These essays discuss topics such as point…
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, Audiences, Drama, Fiction
ORAL INTERPRETATION.
CAMPBELL, PAUL N. – 1966
THE BASIC PREMISE OF THIS BOOK IS THAT LEARNING TO READ ORALLY IS OF FUNDAMENTAL IMPORTANCE TO THOSE WHO WOULD FULLY APPRECIATE OR RESPOND TO LITERATURE. BECAUSE READERS MUST INTERPRET LITERATURE ALWAYS FOR THEMSELVES AND OFTEN FOR AN AUDIENCE, THREE ASPECTS OF ORAL INTERPRETATION ARE EXPLORED--(1) THE CHOICE OF MATERIALS, WHICH REQUIRES AN…
Descriptors: Acting, Critical Reading, Dramatics, English Instruction
Topics in English for the Secondary School.
Summerfield, Geoffrey – 1965
Written primarily for the secondary school English teacher, this book suggests specific projects to extend the range and variety of the English curriculum and to develop the students' language skills and imaginations. Part I contains discussions of the nature and purposes of English lessons, the place of literature in education, methods for…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Assignments, Creative Writing, English Instruction
Oral Interpretation and the Teaching of English: A Collection of Readings.
Fernandez, Thomas L., Ed. – 1969
The 10 readings collected in this volume emphasize the value of oral interpretation as an approach to teaching literature in the secondary school. Wallace A. Bacon indicates how the act of interpretation as it is experienced in the reader's mind can recreate the act of literature. Frances L. McCurdy, Margaret M. Neville, and Allen Bales discuss…
Descriptors: Dramatics, English Instruction, Independent Reading, Interpretive Reading