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Peer reviewedRogers, C. D. – Reading Improvement, 1971
Provides nine techniques for heightening word awareness and increasing vocabulary with students of all grade levels. (VJ)
Descriptors: Definitions, Instructional Materials, Learning Activities, Motivation Techniques
Peer reviewedDulin, Kenneth L. – Reading Improvement, 1971
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Definitions, Form Classes (Languages)
Loschmann, Martin – Deutsch als Fremdsprache, 1971
Descriptors: Context Clues, German, Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Hamel, Gunther – Neueren Sprach, 1970
Descriptors: Advertising, English (Second Language), German, Mass Media
Peer reviewedStanford, Gene – English Journal, 1971
Descriptors: Dictionaries, English Instruction, High School Students, Teacher Developed Materials
Cohen, Dorothy H. – Int Reading Assn Conf Proc Pt 1, 1968
Recommends a program of reading aloud to children to provide motivation and oral language experiences and shows statistically significant evidence of its success with 285 disadvantaged first graders. (MD)
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Language Acquisition, Literature, Reading Achievement
Peer reviewedDash, Irene G. – Journal of Basic Writing, 1979
Tells how the author combines the study of metaphors and individual words in writing assignments about Shakespeare's plays and other works of literature. (RL)
Descriptors: College Students, English Instruction, Higher Education, Literature Appreciation
Maschek, Rose Marie – 1978
The organization of this course outline is based in part on current thought regarding the teaching of reading as it relates to whether comprehension is a general skill or a set of specific identifiable skills, to reading as content and process, to vocabulary development, and to divergent thinking. The outline is divided into two major sections:…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Individualized Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction
Kennedy, Eddie C. – 1974
Designed for use by students in preservice education, by teachers taking extension courses in reading, and as a manual for inservice work in reading instruction, this book explains the major approaches to teaching developmental reading, suggests methods and techniques for implementing different reading programs, and offers practical suggestions…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Developmental Reading, Evaluation, Phonics
Peer reviewedThelen, Judith N. – Journal of Reading, 1986
Discusses what is meant by meaningful learning, the conditions necessary for meaningful learning to occur, the importance of vocabulary instruction to comprehension, and how to insure that vocabulary instruction is meaningful. (HOD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Prior Learning, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedStahl, Steven A. – Journal of Reading, 1986
Discusses three principles that characterize effective vocabulary instruction (contextual and definitional information, active processing, and multiple exposures) and describes how these principles can be used to modify and improve existing methods of teaching word meanings. (HOD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Improvement, Educational Principles, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedGroff, Patrick – Reading Improvement, 1972
Presents opinions of leaders in the field of reading instruction, along with experimental evidence, concerning the teaching of affixes as an aspect of reading instruction. (VJ)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Opinions, Reading Consultants, Reading Improvement
Kempter, Fritz – Deutsch als Fremdsprache, 1971
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, German, Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Bear, Donald R.; And Others – 1996
Based on the research on invented and developmental spelling, this book provides a practical way for teachers to study words with students. The framework of the book is keyed to the five stages of spelling or orthographic development so that it complements the use of any existing phonics, spelling, and vocabulary curriculums. The book presents…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Developmental Stages, Elementary Education, Emergent Literacy
Download full textAtkinson, Rhonda; And Others – 1993
Developed by the ABCs of Construction National Workplace Literacy Project, this fifth-grade level module teaches different kinds of vocabulary words encountered in work-related texts used by pipefitter trainees. The module covers the following topics: differences between general, specialized, and technical words; learning new words; drills for…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Building Trades, Definitions, Dictionaries
