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Download full textSCHERER, GEORGE A.C. – 1964
A SYSTEM OF PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION UTILIZING THE AUDIOLINGUAL APPROACH CAN ENABLE THE STUDENT TO ACHIEVE REAL READING ABILITY IN THE TARGET LANGUAGE, AS OPPOSED TO LIMITED TRANSLATION ABILITY. SUCH A CAREFULLY STRUCTURED PROGRAM, WITH CLEARLY SPECIFIED TERMINAL BEHAVIOR, STEP-BY-STEP ORGANIZATION, AND THE FACILITY FOR SELF-TESTING, ALLOWS THE…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Language Instruction, Language Skills, Listening Skills
Bloomington Public Schools, MN. – 1967
The reading program (K-12) of the Bloomington Public Schools, Bloomington, Minnesota, is defined and described. The program revolves around four major divisions: developmental reading, supplementary reading, library reading, and remedial reading. These major divisions are discussed relative to specific purposes, organization, materials, and…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Corrective Reading, Curriculum Guides, Developmental Reading
Dutton, Donnie – 1970
The topic of the West Tennessee Adult Basic Education Workshop, held at Jackson, Tennessee in April, 1970, was the selection of adult basic education materials; 89 persons (teachers and supervisors) attended. This report contains an edited form of the presentation and the results of the evaluation. A profile of the adult basic education population…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adults, Evaluation
Rowe, Pauline – 1971
This publication contains an annotated list of teaching materials for use in English-as-a-second language (ESL) classes at the secondary school level. The items are classified under the following categories: (1) basic texts; (2) audiovisual aids; (3) supplementary skills development--general, oral, writing, and grammar practice; and (4) reading…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Audiovisual Aids, Basic Skills, Bibliographies
Summers, Edward G.; And Others – 1971
A total of 42 selected publications, dating from 1948 to 1970, are collated and organized under 15 broad categories in this guide to useful materials related to secondary reading. The materials include texts, books, yearbooks, monographs, bibliographies, and a comprehensive research index. The fifteen categories are (1) the nature of reading…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Indexes, Parent Role, Reading Development
Peer reviewedPerin, Dolores – Journal of Reading, 1988
Describes a strategy to motivate adult basic education students to comprehend text in a manner that draws on their background knowledge and is based on peer interaction. (RS)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Class Activities, Cooperative Learning
Peer reviewedVenable, Gail Portnuff – Topics in Language Disorders, 2003
Examples are provided that show readability in action in diverse settings. The first shows how readability analysis resulted in a new fluency monitoring protocol in three school districts in Northern California. The others present hypothetical school, clinic, and research situations that a speech language pathologist might encounter. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Language Impairments
Sasaoka, Taichi – 1990
Literacy materials are either for illiterate people or for neoliterate people (those who have attained limited literacy but might easily relapse if they do not practice reading with appropriate materials). Thirty-five kinds of prototype materials for neoliterate persons have been developed by the Asian/Pacific Joint Production Programme of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Developing Nations
Washington Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia. – 1985
Intended for parents who want to help in the development of their child's reading skills, this pamphlet contains a number of suggestions. The first section, on helping the preschool child, includes a list of important reading skills and tells what a parent can do to help the child. The second section deals with ways to build on what the child…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Independent Reading, Parent Influence, Parent Participation
Das, Bikram K. – CIEFL Bulletin, 1974
This new method for teaching college English in India is based on prior assumptions but is given a justification and a methodological framework previously lacking. The method, which lies somewhere between the manipulative control and regimentation employed at the school level and the total freedom of the existing college method, is described in…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Curriculum Development, English (Second Language), Grammar
Thonis, Eleanor Wall – 1970
Chapter 1 in this teacher's guide to the teaching of reading to non-English speakers presents an overview of the pre-reading level and makes suggestions to teachers who are preparing pupils for beginning reading instruction. Chapter 2 defines the relationship between oral and written language, gives some of the learning theories which apply to…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Bilingualism, English (Second Language), Learning Theories
Collins, Vickie L. – 1990
This edition is an annotated list of 390 literacy materials for adult new readers. All the materials are written on an eighth-grade level or below. These paperback instructional titles, many in workbook format, are for use with adult basic education (ABE) and English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students. The introduction includes guidelines for…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Beginning Reading
San Jose Unified School District, CA. – 1972
A course intended to upgrade essential reading and mathematics skills in students who show poor performance or negative attitudes towards school has been developed at A. Lincoln High School in San Jose, California. Called Project R-3, it seeks to motivate students by emphasizing student readiness, subject relevance, and learning reinforcement…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Educational Games, Game Theory, Games
Boehnlein, Mary Maher, Comp.; Hager, Beth Haines, Comp. – 1985
Intended for parents and reading teachers, this annotated bibliography contains materials concerning parent involvement with reading. The bibliography provides suggestions and information for professionals and parents concerning (1) home activities that assist the development of general school and reading readiness, (2) support of the school…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Basic Skills, Beginning Reading, Directed Reading Activity
Ingham, Jennie – 1982
The Bradford Book Flood--an experiment in which large numbers of additional books were made available to middle school children in England to see whether easy access to books improved reading skills and developed a taste for reading--is detailed in this book. The first chapter discusses the purpose and methodology of the experiment, while the…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Independent Reading, Middle Schools
