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Download full textHickmann, Maya; And Others – 1989
A study examined the development of discourse cohesion in first language acquisition within a functional and cross-linguistic perspective. The analyses focused on how children introduce new referents in discourse across four languages: English, French, German, and Mandarin Chinese. The data base consists of narratives produced by children between…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Coherence
Batt, Karen – 1988
This curriculum manual combines the teaching of English as a second language (ESL) with multicultural and prevocational education. The materials provide students with information about immigration, how immigrants fit into the economic system and society, and how different cultures and races have evolved. Goals are to give students the opportunity…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Guides, English (Second Language)
Hay, Ellen A. – 1987
The importance of the development of oral communication abilities has been documented in a number of sources. Studies of graduates, employers, and corporate executives have revealed, for example, that skills in problem solving, communication, and interpersonal relations are most valued in high tech corporations. Several recent indictments of…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Business Skills, Communication Research, Communication Skills
Thompson, Nancy S. – 1981
Because audio-visual information is pervasive in contemporary cultural communications, this study looked at the importance of audio-visual information and how it can be used for educational purposes. Specifically, the study compared the effectiveness of audio-pictorial slide-tape presentations and printed verbal language selections as stimuli for…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Adolescents, Audiovisual Communications, Audiovisual Instruction
Haskins Labs., New Haven, CT. – 1982
Research reports on the nature of speech, instrumentation for the investigation of speech, and practical applications of speech research are presented in this status report. The 18 reports deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) cyclic production of vowels in sequences of monosyllabic stress feet; (2) differences between…
Descriptors: Adults, Articulation (Speech), Auditory Perception, Children
Nova Scotia Dept. of Education, Halifax. – 1977
The curriculum guide for the French communications course is provided by Nova Scotia's secondary schools for students not wishing to complete the core French curriculum. A program giving experience in French communication useful for employment and leisure and allowing for flexibility in high school course selection is outlined. Its objectives…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Classroom Techniques, Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages)
San Marcos Unified School District, CA. – 1983
Divided according to grade level, the objectives in this elementary school language arts curriculum guide cover such categories and strands as reading readiness, word analysis, obtaining information, studying, listening, written expression, speaking, literature, and linguistics. Each objective in the guide is coded for the narrower subskills…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Elementary Education, English Curriculum, Language Arts
Chicago Board of Education, IL. Dept. of Curriculum. – 1975
A teaching guide for teachers of language arts for native Spanish-speaking primary school students in the Chicago public schools consists of four sections and appendices. Part I introduces the concepts of the language arts program, its behavioral objectives, suggestions for teachers, and notes on the characteristics of students of this age group.…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Bilingual Education, Class Activities, Curriculum Guides
Mullen, Karen A. – 1977
A study was conducted that was designed to determine if experienced ESL (English as a second language) teachers, working in pairs, can reach the same judgments regarding the oral proficiency of non-native speakers of English and to determine the reliability of such judgments. In addition, the question of whether different sets of judges rate…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Evaluation Methods, Foreign Students, Grammar
Sticht, Thomas G.; And Others – 1982
A project was conducted to (1) produce normative data for the Literacy Assessment Battery (LAB) and (2) evaluate the LAB as a potential supplement to the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) for use as a selection and classification instrument for the military services. The distribution of auding and reading skills in the population…
Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), Listening Comprehension Tests, Listening Skills, Literacy
Deshaies, Denise – 1981
This study is divided into two major sections. The first, the study of language in a sociolinguistic perspective, includes: (1) an analysis of the attitudes associated with linguistic variation, and a review of (2) studies conducted in French Quebec, (3) the linguistic and cultural deficit theories, (4) the theory of cross-linguistic and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Background
Grubesky, Marcia R. – 1980
A career-oriented foreign language program is discussed that takes into account marketable skills of foreign language majors for a number of careers. The program is threefold. First, it recognizes the need for language skills to supplement technical, business, and professional skills to expand educational knowledge; capabilities in diplomacy and…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Guides, Elementary Secondary Education
Haskins Labs., New Haven, CT. – 1979
Research reports on the nature of speech, instrumentation for the investigation of speech, and practical applications of research are included in this status report for the January 1 - March 31, 1979 period. The reports deal with the following topics: an articulatory synthesizer for perceptual research; the perception of an oral-nasal continuum…
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Applied Linguistics, Articulation (Speech), Auditory Perception
Cooper, Thomas C. – 1978
A study was conducted with the following objectives: (1) to determine if sentence-combining practice would prove to be an efficient way of promoting statistically significant syntactic development in the writing of third quarter college students of French, German, and Spanish; (2) to apply the methodology for analysis of writing samples to…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), French, German, Higher Education
Freedle, Roy O., Ed. – 1977
An understanding of the structure and function of discourse in social communication and in its internal representation to the individuals is sought in this multidisciplinary collection of papers. The approaches are divided into theoretical orientations and empirical orientations. The theoretical papers deal with: (1) comprehension in conversation,…
Descriptors: Child Language, Comprehension, Dialect Studies, Discourse Analysis
