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Peer reviewedForti-Lewis, Angelica – Italica, 1989
Courses in business Italian have an important place in the traditional foreign language curriculum because they expose students to broader cultural areas in which they can exercise their foreign language skills. Guidelines for course development and some classroom activities are described. (CB)
Descriptors: Business Communication, Business Education, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques
Peer reviewedDavidson, Rosalind G.; Snow, Catherine E. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 1995
Compared social-linguistic experiences of six early readers (ERs) and six prereading (PRs) matched-age peers in interactions with their middle-class parents. Found that ER parents created an even more enriched language environment for their children than PR parents. Differences on decontextualized language tasks favored ER families, and ERs gave…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Early Experience, Early Reading, Family Environment
Brittain, Fe Pittman – Journal of Educational Issues of Language Minority Students, 1991
Observation of a maintenance bilingual (Spanish-English) program to determine its effects on majority language students found that fully English-proficient students enrolled in the program did achieve competency in Spanish and that their attitudes toward Spanish, second-language learning, and Mexican-American culture and community were strongly…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Cultural Education, English, Hispanic American Culture
Peer reviewedSchofer, Peter – Foreign Language Annals, 1990
A discussion of the benefits and reasons for incorporating literature instruction into beginning and intermediary, as well as advanced foreign language programs, presents suggested prereading, reading, questioning, and postreading activities to help students enjoy and appreciate authentic foreign literature. (CB)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Content Area Reading, Critical Thinking, Language Enrichment
Peer reviewedGramlich, Jo Ann – Montessori Life, 2001
Recommends talking to children to help them develop language skills. Identifies daily routines (mealtime, bath time, dressing, play) as ideal opportunities to engage in parallel talk, describing out loud what the child is seeing, hearing, or thinking during the activity and suggests self-talk as parents perform routine actions around the home.…
Descriptors: Caregiver Speech, Child Language, Infants, Language Acquisition
Direct linkCarreker, Suzanne H.; Swank, Paul R.; Tillman-Dowdy, Lynn; Neuhaus, Graham F.; Monfils, Mary Jo; Montemayor, Mary Lou; Johnson, Paul – Reading Psychology: An International Quarterly, 2005
First and second grade public school teachers were trained through interactive video-conferencing to implement "Language Enrichment," an Orton-Gillingham-based literacy instruction. The effectiveness of the linguistically informed training was demonstrated by documenting the longitudinal third grade reading comprehension achievement of…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Inservice Teacher Education, Reading Instruction, Language Enrichment
D'Onofrio-Papadaki, Evienia; Matsalia, Joan; Bowie, Paula; Wardle, Francis; Bruno, Holly Elissa – Child Care Information Exchange, 2003
Presents five articles on multi-language programs in early childhood education: "Bilingualism/Multilingualism and Language Acquisition Theories" (Evienia Papadaki-D'Onofrio); "Training and Supporting Caregivers Who Speak a Language Different from Those in Their Community" (Joan Matsalia and Paula Bowie); "Language Immersion Programs for Young…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teachers, Child Caregivers, Early Childhood Education
Manzo, Anthony V.; Sherk, John K., Jr. – 1977
This paper discusses the central theoretical aspects of the "Languaging in the Content Areas" (LICA) thesis, intended to provide postelementary reading with a sense of definition and purpose compatible with contemporary needs and conditions. The objective of the LICA thesis is not merely to teach students how to read critically what has been…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Creative Thinking, Critical Reading, Critical Thinking
Download full textGoodman, Yetta M., Comp.; And Others – 1981
The papers in this collection focus on the integration of child language development research into curriculum and instruction, which was the general topic of four conferences held in conjunction with the 1979 and 1980 annual conventions of the International Reading Association and the National Council of Teachers of English. Section one, on child…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Classroom Environment, Curriculum
DUNN, LLOYD M.; AND OTHERS – 1967
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THREE APPROACHES TO TEACHING BEGINNING READING AND THE INFLUENCE OF AN ORAL LANGUAGE STIMULATION PROGRAM ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN IS REPORTED IN THE FIRST-YEAR REPORT OF A 2-YEAR INTERVENTION STUDY. SUBJECTS WERE 608 FIRST-GRADE PUPILS FROM 12 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN AN INNER-CITY AREA. THE THREE EXPERIMENTAL…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Disadvantaged, Initial Teaching Alphabet
Painter, Genevieve – 1967
Based on the belief that structured preschool activities aid in the development of disadvantaged children, this study attempted (1) to evolve a tutorial program to accelerate spontaneous development in disadvantaged children and prevent cognitive and language deficits, and (2) to assess growth of the infant's cognitive and language development…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Control Groups, Disadvantaged
Siegel, Florence Finkel – 1975
This study focused on the following questions involved in the implementation of the language experience approach: (1) Which tutor will produce the most effective responses? (2) What is the reality of the existence of a Black English vernacular syntax? and (3) Is there evidence of black-white linguistic overlap? Natural, transcribed conversations…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Black Community, Black Dialects, Child Language
Cummins, James – 1976
An attempt is made in the present paper to resolve inconsistencies between the results of recent studies which have reported that bilingualism is associated with positive cognitive consequences and earlier studies which suggested that bilingualism might adversely affect cognitive and scholastic progress. Because recent studies involved balanced…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Cognitive Development
Gunderson, Doris V. – 1971
This paper discusses some educational developments which have either surfaced or been revived during the past decade or so and which may contribute to or influence the teaching of reading. The developments discussed include: accountability and performance contracting; the use of more adults (parents, paraprofessionals, and college students) in the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Language Enrichment, Language Skills, Open Education
Elkins, Robert J.; Bruggemann, Christian – 1971
American comic strips and cartoons can be useful in English-as-a-second-language classes. They introduce variety and provide an inside look into American life and thought. Many current popular comic strips have cultural, social, and political significance and discuss the American way of life, society, and the individual. The…
Descriptors: Cartoons, Cultural Context, Cultural Education, English (Second Language)
