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Gray, Elizabeth – 1988
Studies are reviewed on early identification and remediation of "at risk" preschool, 1st-, and 2nd-grade children to prevent possible future reading failure. The research review identifies essential characteristics of reading and reading acquisition, explains difficulties in learning how to read, explores variables within the individual…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Early Childhood Education, Early Identification, Emergent Literacy
Epes, Mary T. – 1983
A study tested the hypothesis that spoken language has a strong direct influence on the encoding process, and that speakers of nonstandard dialects have a different set of problems with the written language and make identifiably different errors than do speakers of standard dialect. The subjects, 13 standard and 13 nonstandard dialect speakers…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Cognitive Processes, Error Analysis (Language)
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Educational Evaluation. – 1981
Project TRABAJO (an academic and job program) and the Individualized Bilingual Education for Children with Retarded Mental Development(a Chapter 720 Program) are two programs which provide supplementary and instructional support for 150 mildly and moderately mentally retarded New York City school students with limited English proficiency. The…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Bilingual Education Programs, Career Education, Elementary Secondary Education
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1982
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 27 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) the vocalization of /L/ in Philadelphia; (2) a second grade program to isolate and apply knowledge of vowel sounds in word identification; (3) phoneme and…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Child Language, Doctoral Dissertations, Early Childhood Education
van Naerssen, Margaret; And Others – 1984
A study of classroom communication skills and strategies initiated in an effort to enhance the experience of Chinese graduate students visiting the United States had two parts. In the first, communications in a sampling of U.S. graduate science courses were examined, resulting in information about the language of classroom conversation management.…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Communication Skills, Cultural Differences, Culture Conflict
Christensen, Linda, Ed.; And Others – 1983
Noting that having fun with language engenders a love of language and an understanding of its power and vitality, and that students with this awareness of and respect for language will likely be more successful writers, this guide offers suggestions that will help teachers ease the rigors of writing for their students and create a "language…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Educational Games, Elementary Secondary Education
Staton, Jana; And Others – 1982
This is the second of two related documents that make up the final report of a study that analyzed the text of 26 student-teacher dialogue journals from a sixth grade classroom. The report defines "dialogue journal writing" as interactive, functional writing that occurs between students and teacher on a daily basis about self-generated…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Dialogs (Language), Elementary School Students, Grade 6
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1980
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 18 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) an alternative high school English curriculum and its relationship to student alienation and pupil control ideology; (2) an oral language program for fifth…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Communication Skills, Doctoral Dissertations
Jeffers, Elaine; Sperber, Diane – 1980
During the 1979-1980 school year Project Primary Reading Objectives for Bilingual Education (P.R.O.B.E.) was involved in improving the rate of reading growth and cognitive development of four and five year olds from the Bronx, New York. In bilingual classes that were conducted primarily in Spanish, the 153 program participants received instruction…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Early Childhood Education, English (Second Language)
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Kalivoda, Theodore B. – Hispania, 1987
Foreign language teachers who study abroad need language instruction that will increase language proficiency and develop fluency and refinement in language use. Cultural learning can be part of study abroad through community assignments. Literature and other courses must be preceded by courses which establish a certain level of proficiency in…
Descriptors: Advanced Students, Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Design
Matthey, Marinette – Travaux Neuchatelois de Linguistique (TRANEL), 1996
This collection of diverse research papers in linguistics includes: "La notion de tour de parole dans une perspective syntaxique" ("The Notion of Turn Taking from a Syntactic Perspective") (Jean-Marc Luscher, Sandrine Piaget, Christian Rubattel); "'Si tu me fais honneur d'un p'tit telephone demain matin ben je suis…
Descriptors: English, Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Communication, Language Patterns
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Greenleaf, Connie; Gee, Mary Kay – 1997
The guide outlines a curriculum for developing essential oral language skills in adult learners of English as a Second Language (ESL). It is divided into four topic-based sections, each providing a variety of activities for developing communication skills, including grammatical knowledge and vocabulary. Topics include: personal information (giving…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Daily Living Skills, Employment, English (Second Language)
Hill, Brian – 1999
This guide presents advice on how to choose a videotape and then adapt it to a variety of language learning situations and curriculum needs. It outlines strategies that will help to create a successful learning experience by providing a wide range of suggested activities to develop listening, speaking, and writing skills. Advice on how to use a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Audiovisual Instruction, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques
Young, Richard F. – 2000
One of the ways in which language testing interfaces with applied linguistics is in the definition and validation of the constructs that underlie language tests. When language testers and score users interpret scores on a test, they do so by implicit and explicit reference to the construct on which the test is based. Equally, when applied to new…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Interaction
Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities, Toronto. Literacy and Basic Skills Section. – 2000
The Aboriginal Language Standardisation (ALS) Project's task is to develop quality literacy materials in order to help preserve aboriginal languages of Canada. The Canadian Assembly of First Nations, a group of tribal leaders, recently called for the establishment of standards for written and oral languages by approving terminology, developing…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Canada Natives, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
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