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Jones, Nathan B. – 1996
Teachers of English as a Second Language (ESL) are responsible not only for teaching students about the rules of language, but also for encouraging the understanding of and empathy for those who are native and non-native speakers of the target language. Where there is cultural diversity, there is often intolerance, and Taiwan is no exception. A…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Chinese, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Pluralism

Yon, Nancy K. – 1995
This practicum investigated whether using whole language, cooperative learning, CAI, and an authentic audience to create a magazine would help second and third grade students to learn punctuation skills. The practicum was implemented at a private, south Florida summer computer camp to two different target groups of eight elementary students. Both…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Grade 2
Beaudin, Bart P.; And Others – 1993
This teacher's guide is intended for use in presenting a course to help Kodak Corporation employees develop the basic reading skills required in their workplace. The following topics are covered in the modules: prewriting thinking skills; information identification and organization strategies; awareness of the receiver's characteristics and needs;…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Audience Awareness, Behavioral Objectives, Capitalization (Alphabetic)
Katchen, Johanna E. – 1991
The role of the media in our daily lives is discussed and its potential applications in the second language classroom are examined. Evidence of the power of the mass media is noted in the impact of news coverage on the news itself, and in the immediacy of news coverage. Video is also seen as stimulating and appealing to many, and able to reflect…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Instructional Materials
Belanoff, Pat, Ed.; And Others – 1991
This book provides a theoretical underpinning for the strategy of freewriting through a collection of 16 essays that are very diverse in focus, methodology, and point of view. The essays are as follows: "Recording and Transforming: The Mystery of the Ten-Minute Freewrite" (Sheryl I. Fontaine); "Freewriting: An Aid to Rereading…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Creative Writing, Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education
Sladky, Paul – 1994
Generally speaking English department faculty respond very differently when reading freshman writing than when reading most other kinds of writing. Mina Shaughnessy has pointed out that "ordinary readers" try to understand what they are reading, but the writing teacher, "like a lawyer examining a client's document for all possible ambiguities and…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Audience Awareness, College Freshmen, Discourse Communities
Tierney, Robert J.; And Others – 1988
This collaborative study examined episodes in primary through secondary classrooms in which writing and reading were working together, exploring the extent to which student learning and development were enhanced. Review of research and extrapolations from classrooms suggest that benefits for students are likely to be accrued in four areas: (1)…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Cognitive Development, Content Area Writing, Critical Thinking
Kantz, Margaret – 1989
This paper connects recent research with common student problems in writing research papers and offers an analysis of the range of synthesis tasks and some reasons why students have difficulty with the demands of these tasks. The paper focuses on the student's problem of not knowing how to think about material in ways that allow him or her to say…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Content Area Writing, Critical Reading, Expository Writing
Sprunk, William A., Jr. – 1990
Plain talk is the cornerstone for creating a classroom atmosphere in which students want to learn to improve their writing. As much as possible, the jargon and technical terminology of the profession of English should be eliminated. Teachers will know what level of language to use if they determine the nature of their audience. Teachers have to…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Classroom Environment, Collaborative Writing, Cooperative Learning
Schooler, Caroline; Basil, Michael D. – 1989
A study examined whether billboard advertising of tobacco and alcohol products is differentially targeted toward White, Black, Asian, and Hispanic neighborhoods. The study analyzed 901 billboards in neighborhood commercial districts in San Francisco, California, giving particular attention to tobacco and alcohol billboards. Neighborhood census…
Descriptors: Advertising, Alcoholic Beverages, Asian Americans, Audience Awareness
Galati, Rhea; Bailey, Bea – 2001
Since 1992, through the Upcountry Writing Project, upstate South Carolina teachers have helped students in K-12 classrooms write for and about their communities. These teachers and students have learned much about what it takes to actually craft a genuine sense of place. By publishing, they have not only crafted pieces about their locales but have…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Community Involvement, Community Support, Cultural Context
Cooper, Eric A. – Illinois Libraries, 1997
Provides guidelines for designing Web sites: identify audience and information needs; make addresses easy to type and remember; consider audience software; keep files short and images to a minimum; categorize information for clarity; use clear contents statements; provide a mix of original documents and others located elsewhere; provide mechanisms…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Communications, Design Requirements, Electronic Publishing

Estrin, Herman A. – Bulletin of the Association for Business Communication, 1992
Describes a project in which engineering students wrote science books for children as part of a technical writing course focusing on how writers adapt to the audience. Discusses children's positive reactions to the books, and notes the engineering students' enthusiasm for the project. (MM)
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Childrens Literature, Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Education

Holiday-Goodman, Monica; And Others – American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 1994
Writing strategies were incorporated into a pharmacy program communication skills course, and their effectiveness measured in comparison with a previous student group (n=20). Experimental subjects (n=28) showed significant improvement in writing, verbal skills, ability to formulate ideas, and identifying appropriate target audience, and had…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Communication Skills, Course Content, Higher Education

Sargent, Barbara Elaine – Reading Teacher, 1991
Describes a writing project for middle school students in which they learn about the writing process by creating "choose your own adventure" stories. (MG)
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Computer Uses in Education, Grade 7, Middle Schools