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Wolfe, Paula – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2004
According to recent U.S. census reports, while the population of the United States increased by 10%, the population speaking languages other than English at home increased by 38% between 1980 and 1990. One in six of all youth in the United States, ages 14 to 19, either speaks a language other than English at home, was born in a foreign country, or…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Reading Ability, Minority Groups, English (Second Language)
Hodges, V. Pauline; Nash, Ana Marie – 1982
A review of writing and reading competencies among college students in general and education majors in particular indicates possible directions in setting teacher education admission standards, in providing language instruction courses for student teachers, and in establishing criteria for exiting teacher education programs. As is suggested by…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, College Students, Education Majors, Educational Research
Simons, Herbert D.; Ammon, Paul R. – 1987
To weigh the negative effects of "primerese" against its supposedly improved readability, a study compared the reading of controlled basal stories with that of the same stories minimally rewritten into more natural language. Participants were 64 white, lower middle class first grade students selected from five classrooms (all with basal…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods
Singer, Harry; Donlan, Dan – 1985
Appropriate for teachers of any grade who want to teach their students how to read and learn from text, this book explains how to develop and use strategies that will enable all students to read and learn in the content areas without stigmatizing them. The book is divided into four parts. The first part explains the changing role of the school and…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Curriculum Development, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Educational Change
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1983
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 28 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) prekindergarten screening and first grade reading achievement; (2) the influence of the instructional environment on children's acquisition of reading; (3)…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Case Studies, Cerebral Dominance, Classroom Environment
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1984
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 17 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) the effects of an experimental program for reluctant readers on reading ability, writing ability, and self-concept; (2) the effects of a cross-age tutoring…
Descriptors: Adults, Annotated Bibliographies, Audiovisual Aids, Doctoral Dissertations
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1978
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 21 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: effects of methods of study, cognitive style, pre-information on the construction of written material, gender of generic pronouns, and study questions interspersed…
Descriptors: Adults, Advance Organizers, Annotated Bibliographies, Art Expression
Kaminsky, Sally – 1977
Free speech samples and aural cloze test scores were collected from 24 Spanish-surnamed children at the beginning of first grade. The children were members of two classrooms, and each class received instruction from a Spanish-speaking bilingual teacher and an English-speaking monolingual teacher. The children were learning to read in Spanish and…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism
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ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1978
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 25 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: reading achievement as it relates to child dependency, the development of phonological coding, short-term memory and associative learning, variables available in…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Associative Learning, Behavior Patterns, Cloze Procedure
GEESLIN, ROBERT H.; SMITH, EDWIN H. – 1967
THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROJECT WERE TO PREPARE AND FIELD TEST INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR USE WITH ADULTS READING BELOW THE SEVENTH GRADE LEVEL. TWO STUDIES WERE MADE IN NORTHERN FLORIDA IN 1967 OF GAINS IN READING VOCABULARY AND COMPREHENSION BY STUDENTS USING TRADITIONAL MATERIALS. THE HIGH DROPOUT RATE IN THE FIRST STUDY PRECLUDED USEFUL…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Dropout Rate, Evaluation
1967
TWENTY ARTICLES AND ABSTRACTS ON THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF DIAGNOSIS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT OF THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE COLLEGE OF SPEECH THERAPISTS IN GLASGOW IN 1966. FOUR PAPERS ON STAMMERING CONSIDER TONGUE THRUSTING, THE NEUROSES INVOLVED, PROGNOSIS, AND DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS IN DISORDERS OF FLUENCY. OTHER ARTICLES DISCUSS AREAS…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Clinical Diagnosis, Conference Reports, Educational Diagnosis
Wardhaugh, Ronald – 1974
This volume is a collection of articles which are concerned with the field of applied linguistics. Part One, "Language and Linguistics," includes two articles: "Language" and "The Relevance of Linguistics." Part Two, "Linguistics and Spelling," consists of one article, "Sounds and Spellings; Spellings and Sounds." Part Three, "Linguistics and…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Child Language, Contrastive Linguistics, Dialects
Brassard, Jean; Langevin, Claude – 1976
A research project was carried out to investigate the reading situation in the sixth, seventh, and eighth grades of French-language schools in Ontario. Specifically, the project sought to determine the nature of reading deficiencies found in these schools, the percentage of the student body affected by these deficiencies, and the psychological,…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Decoding (Reading), Diagnostic Tests, Educational Research
Taylor, Harvey M. – 1973
In teaching reading in English as a second language, teachers must diagnose student difficulties and individualize instruction. They must analyze why students are in the course, determine what their individual reading backgrounds are in their native language and in English, and adapt class activities and reading materials to students' expectations…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs
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Pack, Alice C., Ed. – 1973
This quarterly newsletter contains articles on a variety of subjects relevant to teaching English as a second language. The first article concerns cloze procedures to test reading ability; the article includes a list of procedures in non-technical terms for teachers to follow. The second article discusses the use of games in teaching English as a…
Descriptors: Body Language, Class Activities, Cloze Procedure, Cultural Differences
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