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Bailey, Rebecca J.; And Others – 1981
The curriculum is designed to help teachers and administrators in providing effective education to physically handicapped students. Physically handicapped students are defined here as those who participate in regular public school programs on an integrated or self-contained basis with assistance from support staff who assist in all areas of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adapted Physical Education, Daily Living Skills, Elementary Secondary Education
Anderson, Colette; Bradley, Marj – 1982
This manual provides information concerning the basic skills needed to perform the tasks of the occupation of entry-level clerk-typist. It is intended for vocational program directors and administrators, vocational counselors, vocational instructors, basic skills instructors, and curriculum developers. An introduction reviews the study to link…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Educational Research, Entry Workers
Bradley, Marj; Anderson, Colette – 1982
This manual provides information concerning the basic skills needed to perform the tasks of the occupation of entry-level welder. It is intended for vocational program directors and administrators, vocational counselors, vocational instructors, basic skills instructors, and curriculum developers. An introduction reviews the study to link basic…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Educational Research, Entry Workers
Download full textDalle, Teresa S.; Inglis, Margaret J. – 1989
In a study of the reliability of an English language proficiency test for non-native teaching assistants (NNS TAs), 18 NNS TAs were administered the SPEAK Test. The results were compared with student evaluations of the intelligibility and clarity of the TAs' classroom speech. Despite problems with the SPEAK Test, the measure was considered a…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, English (Second Language), Evaluation Criteria, Faculty Evaluation
Chapman, Erma – 1982
The extent to which primary school students participating in an English-Ukrainian bilingual program in Manitoba, Canada, were acquiring skills in Ukrainian and English language arts was evaluated for the 1981-1982 school year. This program, which was instituted in 1979, provides half of the instruction in English and half in Ukrainian. Using…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Educational Assessment, English (Second Language)
Alvarez, Gerardo, Ed.; Huot, Diane, Ed. – 1981
Articles include: (1) "L'elaboration du materiel pedagogique pour des publics adultes" (The Elaboration of Teaching Materials for the Adult Public) by G. Painchaud-Leblanc, (2) "L'elaboration d'un programme d'etudes en francais langue seconde a partir des donnees recentes en didactique des langues" (The Elaboration of a Program…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bilingualism, Classroom Communication, Discourse Analysis
Urzua, Carole – 1977
This is the first kit in an innovative series of activities intended primarily for use in a bilingual education setting. It is designed to encourage children to use oral language in natural, spontaneous ways. The kit includes an explanatory booklet describing the aims or functions of language, the modes through which the aims of discourse are…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Bilingual Education, Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Al Manakh, Journal of The Language Centre, 1980
This issue of a journal devoted primarily to teaching English as a second language to engineering students contains the following articles: (1) "The Contribution of Educational Technology to ELT [English Language Teaching]" by Mike Laflin; (2) "Looking Again at Student-Centred Study Skills" by Andrew E. Seymour; (3)…
Descriptors: Art Education, Educational Technology, Engineering Education, English for Special Purposes
FERNANDEZ, THOMAS L. – 1967
THIS STUDY WAS DESIGNED TO ASCERTAIN WHETHER OR NOT THE DEVELOPMENT OF SKILLS IN ORAL INTERPRETATION IS A VALID OBJECTIVE IN THE PREPARATION OF SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS OF ENGLISH. THE QUESTIONNAIRE WHICH SERVED AS THE BASIC INSTRUMENT OF THE STUDY SOLICITED RESPONSES FROM COLLEGE PROFESSORS OF SPEECH AND OF ENGLISH AND FROM SECONDARY SCHOOL…
Descriptors: College Faculty, English, English Instruction, Interpretive Reading
Miles-Herman, Marilynne – 1978
This report summarizes the kinds of oral games that are available to English as an Additional Language (EAL) classrooms, briefly outlines current research, and stresses the need for more exploration in kinds and varieties of games. A guide to typical, successful classroom games, this report includes eighty-one selected oral games, which are fully…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Communicative Competence (Languages), Educational Games, Educational Media
Funck, Elvio Antonio – 1972
This paper presents arguments for the consistent use of modern audiovisual aids in English classes, not as a complementary device, but as a fundamental aid. The intention of the thesis is to: (1) show that the overhead projector can be used to help students develop the four language skills; and (2) encourage English teachers, particularly in…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Audiovisual Aids, Comics (Publications), English (Second Language)
Gremmo, M. J. – 1978
Communicative competence is now at the point where theory must be translated into practice, that is, where the functional approach must be developed into pedagogical content and strategies. An analysis is presented of the three main pedagogical approaches: the structural, situational, and functional approaches. Principles underlying the…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages), Conversational Language Courses, Course Descriptions
An Analysis of the Speech Adjustment of Second Grade Children to Variations in the Age of Listeners.
Plaskon, Stephen Paul – 1979
A sample of 48 middle and lower class kindergarten and second grade students participated in a study to determine what speech adjustments school-age children made for listeners of different ages. Half the second grade subjects learned about two performance tasks--a board game and constructing columns of colored blocks--from the researcher, after…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Patterns, Child Language
Lautamatti, Liisa, Ed.; Lindgvist, Pirkko, Ed. – 1979
This collection of articles deals with various aspects of the role of the language laboratory in language teaching, concentrating on laboratory teaching methods and materials. Topics range from evaluation of existing materials to the planning of courses and self-instruction systems, and include suggestions for the building up of a sound-library…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Autoinstructional Aids, College Language Programs, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Peer reviewedAndersson, Theodore – International Review of Education, 1960
In line with the psychologists' viewpoint on child development, an argument is made for reconsidering the timing and type of modern language instruction in the school. Evidence of the receptiveness of children to language learning from birth to age eleven is discussed, along with the efficacy of learning through a direct, or school, experience.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Audiolingual Methods, Bilingualism, Child Development
