Fluency can be defined in terms of intelligibility and effectiveness. For learners of English as a foreign language, fluency includes some degree of accuracy in phonological, syntactic, and semantic terms. It is a quality of speech that is produced in novel situations where what is said and how it is said cannot be predicted. To clarify the…

Based on the rationale that improved literacy skills in children can be most effectively obtained by first improving their oracy skills (auding and speaking), a special oracy instructional program was developed consisting of a workshop to train teachers in teaching oracy skills, sets of structured stimulus materials for use by teachers in teaching…

Part 1 of a continued article. (DS)

Seventeen consonants of Italian (including a syllable with no consonants) were scaled in relative sameness-difference in sound. The procedure was cross checked against one of identifying aural syllables. The outcome was in keeping with Scripture's observation that errors in speech perception tend to reflect confusions of similar sounding…

Two basic reasons for including Oral Language Development in the instructional program are (1) to prepare students for reading instruction, and (2) to teach students how to communicate effectively in real-life situations. A child is expected to have had five or six years oral practice in a language before learning to read. When children have…

Too many teachers have misguided ideas about the principles of the oral approach to teaching EFL. They are either too sure of themselves and of the theory and become complacent, or their confidence is shaken by the failure of a technique they thought to be infallible. (SCC)

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)