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Download full textFranklin, Elizabeth; And Others – Insights into Open Education, 1987
A group of elementary teachers enrolled in a graduate class in language arts at the University of North Dakota explored how children construct their own meanings as they interact with texts. One teacher regularly read to her 20-month-old grandson, and excerpts from the journal she kept reveal that his understanding of a specific text evolved to…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Language, Childrens Literature, Grade 5
Bernhardt, Elizabeth B. – 1993
The aim of this book is to provide a thorough account of what is known about the acquisition of reading abilities in a second language and to foster a more principled research and instruction in second language literacy. Discussion is set forth from a variety of perspectives: first, through examinations of theoretical models of the reading process…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Language Processing, Linguistic Theory, Reading Comprehension
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1979
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 20 titles deal with the following topics: the role of crib talk in language acquisition; syntactic parsing strategies; a case study of the first use of words; how two modes of literature presentation affect oral language…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Case Studies, Child Language, Communication Skills
Venditti, Jennifer J., Ed. – Working Papers in Linguistics, 1994
The collection of papers on linguistic experiments includes: "Discourse Functions of Pitch Range in Spontaneous and Read Speech" (Gayle M. Ayers); "When Is a Syllable Not a Syllable?" (Mary E. Beckman); "The Relationship between Syntactic and Semantic Processes in Sentence Comprehension" (Julie E. Boland); "The Influence of Orthography and…
Descriptors: Chinese, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Discourse Analysis
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The eight titles in this document include the following: "Comprehension and Input Processing as Useful Terms in the Field of SLA" (number 28) (Teresa Cadierno); "On the Role of Instruction in SLA: Research Results and Theoretical Explanations" (number 29) (Teresa Cadierno); "Can Writing Be Taught" (number 30) (Stuart Greene); "Academic Listening"…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Constructivism (Learning), Cultural Pluralism, Danish
Peer reviewedPinnell, Gay Su, Ed.; King, Martha L., Ed. – Theory into Practice, 1984
Designed to explore the ways language functions to help children gain access to meaning as they progress through the educational system, this journal issue views communication as a social, interactive process in which speakers and writers attempt to link into what listeners and readers know, want to know, or need to know. The 12 articles in the…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Policy
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1979
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 21 titles deal with the following topics: the language, communicative styles, and speech patterns of blacks and non-blacks; the prereading concept acquisition of Spanish-dominant kindergarten children; the self-concept and…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Basic Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Biculturalism
Lectura y Vida: Revista Latinoamericana de Lectura, 1996
The four 1996 issues of the journal, written entirely in Spanish and intended for reading teachers, include articles on these topics: design of the school and classroom environment for reading; a university experiment in cooperative learning and learning strategies; use of portfolios for evaluation of student work; evaluation of reading…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teachers, Childrens Literature
