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Thompson, David W., Ed.; And Others – 1983
The 33 essays that make up this volume examine the history of literature in performance from five perspectives: (1) language, (2) popular culture, (3) teaching, (4) theory, and (5) entertainment. The essays in the first section explore the basic perspective of oral performance as a factor in the development of languages themselves and their…
Descriptors: Authors, Classical Literature, Communication (Thought Transfer), Diachronic Linguistics
Download full textMonahan, Robert L.; And Others – 1980
This self-contained unit of study on Canada is one of a series which can be used to supplement secondary level courses of social studies, contemporary world problems, government, history, and geography. Developed by teachers, the unit focuses on international relations. A comparative approach is used which stresses understanding Canada from…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Geography
Gorden, Raymond L. – 1968
The materials presented here describe the Latin American naming system, explain how it differs from the North American system, and indicate how contrasting features of the two systems can be a barrier to communication between the two peoples. Major concepts considered are (1) the American full name versus the "nombre completo," (2) the…
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Context, Culture Conflict
Day, Richard R.; And Others – 1974
In view of the fact that the teaching of Standard English has high educational priority in American schools, and that its use as the medium of instruction makes it a vital skill for nonstandard speakers, the present paper reports on an investigation of the Standard English performance of young children from minority groups in which Standard…
Descriptors: American Indians, Child Language, Language Acquisition, Language Tests
Price, John A. – 1975
Evolutionary processes are described for Native (American Indian) voluntary associations in the U.S. and Canada in aboriginal times, in the twentieth century generally, and in cities specifically. These processes at different times and in different social settings are shown to be related to each other through specific historic continuities and…
Descriptors: American History, American Indians, Anthropology, Association (Psychology)
Yonemura, Margaret – 1969
Essential considerations about non-standard usage and developmental-educational needs of disadvantaged children between the ages of three and five years are discussed along with the ideal roles of teacher, paraprofessional, and parent in developing language programs. Means for designing and outlining a language development program for teaching…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)
Carlson, David R. – 1965
A study was undertaken "to determine the extent and nature of change, if any, in the speech of two New England communities" since the fieldwork for the "Linguistic Atlas of New England" (LANE) was completed in 1932. Two rural communities, Granby and Deerfield, Massachusetts, were re-visited in order to interview the same three…
Descriptors: American Culture, Atlases, Community Surveys, Dialect Studies
Gleason, H. A., Jr.; And Others – 1962
The first of six papers included in this collection--"What is English?"--calls for a greater integration of language, literature, and composition, with special emphasis on the use of grammar as a key element in both composition and literature study. The second paper, "The Voice of the Writer," describes the gap between experience, the role of the…
Descriptors: Emotional Experience, English Instruction, Generative Grammar, Grammar
Linn, Michael D. – 1973
Teachers of culturally different students should not ridicule or verbally abuse their students, but should try to show them how the characteristics of formal English differ from urban Black English. They must be able to explain the appropriateness of standard English usage in certain situations, while they still maintain respect for the students'…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Cultural Influences, English Instruction, Language Classification
Williams, Frederick, Ed.; And Others – 1970
This study is concerned with misarticulated speech sounds of children and the phonetic realization of these sounds. The articulation errors of 384 standard-English-speaking school children were analyzed in speech samples obtained by the National Speech and Hearing Survey and were samples of both free speech and of performance on the…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Child Development, Child Language, Elementary School Students
Nemser, William – 1971
An investigation of instances of phonological contact between Hungarian and American English concerns the perception and production of English interdental fricatives and English stops, in a representative selection of contexts, by native speakers of Hungarian. Implications of structural differences between the stop and fricative subsystems of the…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Distinctive Features (Language)
Marwit, Samuel, J.; And Others – 1971
It has recently been noted that Negro children, especially those of lower socioeconomic status, have a language system whose phonological and grammatical rules differ in predictable ways from the rules governing the standard English used by most white Americans. Four features of Negro non- standard American English have been noted with predictable…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Students, Elementary School Students, Grammar
Pike, Kenneth L. – 1945
The material in this book is the result of an investigation to determine how to teach English intonation effectively and to find the smallest number of patterns which could be used as a basis for initial drills in the language. The book presents a statement of the structure of the English intonation system in relation to the structural systems of…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, English (Second Language), Intonation
Key, Mary Ritchie; And Others – 1971
This paper points out some linguistic and stylistic features of Black English as spoken by children and discusses the occurrence of particular language patterns. Examples of distinct intonation patterns, paralinguistic effects, language rhythm, and other phonological features are all considered. A statistical survey of particular age-group usage…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Black Dialects, Child Language, Distinctive Features (Language)
Mendosa, Mitch – 1999
In this grade 5 social studies and language arts interdisciplinary unit, students are required to investigate key battles in the Revolutionary War for independence. Working in groups, students research eight battles to try to determine which was the most important battle leading up to victory for the U.S. colonists. The battles to be investigated…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Colonial History (United States), Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education
