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de Weck, Genevieve, Ed. – Bulletin suisse de linguistique applique, 1997
Articles on communication and language disorder are presented. All but one are in French; the other is in German. They include: "Specificity of Developmental Dysphasia: Implications for Intervention" (Marc Montfort, Adoracion Juarez Sanchez); "Difficulties with Language Development and Discursive Capacity" (Genevieve de Weck); "Language Production…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Aging (Individuals), Aphasia
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1999
The report, entirely in French, describes Alberta's curriculum for first-year French native language instruction. An introductory section offers background information on the curriculum's design, links between the core curriculum and French native language instruction, underlying principles of language instruction, the curriculum's objectives and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Course Content, Cultural Context, Cultural Education
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1999
The report, entirely in French, describes Alberta's curriculum for second-year French native language instruction. An introductory section offers background information on the curriculum's design, links between the core curriculum and French native language instruction, underlying principles of language instruction, the curriculum's objectives and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Course Content, Cultural Context, Cultural Education
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1999
The report, entirely in French, describes Alberta's curriculum for third-year French native language instruction. An introductory section offers background information on the curriculum's design, links between the core curriculum and French native language instruction, underlying principles of language instruction, the curriculum's objectives and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Course Content, Cultural Context, Cultural Education
Padak, Nancy; Rasinski, Tim – 2003
The concept of family literacy is firmly rooted in a substantial research base from several disciplines, including adult literacy, emergent literacy, child development, and systems analysis. Results from a review of research from each discipline found answers to questions about benefits of family literacy. Results show family literacy programs do…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Basic Skills
Miyao, Mariko – 1999
This paper describes one college-level English-as-a-Second-Language teacher's use of error analysis in an effort to understand students' problems with reading comprehension and writing. The research was undertaken in a Japanese junior college. Three studies are presented. In the first, 59 students in a general English course listed sentences they…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics
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Vidal-Abarca, Eduardo; Gilabert, Ramiro – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 1995
Describes a long-term project where middle school students were taught to visually represent key text ideas through idea-mapping techniques. Instruction was inserted in the content area curriculum along with regular textbooks and supplementary material. Positive effects were found in recall, comprehension, and learning. (MJP)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Content Area Reading, Curriculum Development
Guzzetti, Barbara J., Ed. – Praeger, 2007
Living in an age of communication, literacy is an extremely integral part of our society. We are impacted by literature during our infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. "Literacy for the New Millennium" includes information from specialists in the field who discuss the influence of popular culture, media, and technology on…
Descriptors: Urban Youth, Young Adults, Adolescents, Literacy Education
Kitao, S. Kathleen – 1995
A collection of papers, all by the author, looks at a variety of theories and theoretical approaches from linguistics, sociolinguistics, and psycholinguistics and their applications to the teaching of English as a second language. Two studies are also presented. Titles include: "Content Schemata and Second Language Learning";…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages), Discourse Analysis
Campbell, Bernard, Ed. – 1997
The group of case studies details ways in which elementary, middle, and secondary schools in Bradford (England) have responded to recent developments in literacy education and developed whole- school approaches to improving achievement in literacy within multilingual school populations. Case study titles include: "The Literacy Lesson: A…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Case Studies, Cultural Pluralism, Diversity (Student)
Sterlacci, Peter – 1998
A discussion of pronunciation instruction in English for business communication focuses on raising learners' awareness of how English is spoken by various language groups around the world. It is argued that phonological consciousness-raising is an effective approach for limiting breakdowns in communication. The approach assumes that developing…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business Communication, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1984
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 13 titles deal with the following topics: (1) developmental differences in preschoolers' comprehension of WH-questions; (2) discourse analysis and early literacy in minority education; (3) effects of text structure on…
Descriptors: Adults, Annotated Bibliographies, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism
Reinking, David, Ed. – 1987
Embodying two themes--that the computer can become an even more exciting instructional tool than it is today, and that the research necessary for developing the potential of this tool is already underway, this book explores the theoretical, research, and instructional issues concerning computers and reading. The titles of the essays and their…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation
Colvin, Ruth J.; Root, Jane H. – 1987
This guide is intended to assist teachers and volunteer tutors who are teaching adults and teenagers to read. The nature and extent of the adult illiteracy problem and the process of learning to read are discussed in the first chapter. The characteristics that are desirable in basic reading tutors and those that are encountered in adult learners…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs
Shea, Harry – 1980
Project CAPABLE (Classroom Action Program: Aim: Basic Learning Efficiency) is a classroom approach which integrates the basic learning skills with content. The goal of the project is to use basic learning skills to enhance the learning of content and at the same time use the content to teach basic learning skills. These monthly reports explain how…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development, Comprehension
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