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Bergen, Doris – 2001
Although pretend play has long been part of the early childhood curriculum, recent emphasis on accountability in education seems to have led to a decline in the general understanding of the contribution that high-quality play can make to children's cognitive development in the early years. This digest defines the cluster of concepts related to…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Definitions, Educational Policy
Bergen, Doris – 2002
Although pretend play has long been part of the early childhood curriculum, recent emphasis on accountability in education seems to have led to a decline in the general understanding of the contribution that high-quality play can make to children's cognitive development in the early years. This Spanish-language Digest defines the cluster of…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Definitions, Educational Policy
Nurss, Joanne R. – 1987
A consideration of readiness for kindergarten must take into account the kindergarten program and the teacher's expectations of the child. This digest first examines kindergarten teachers' expectations for children's social, behavioral, sensory-motor, cognitive, and language abilities upon entrance to kindergarten. The issue of kindergarten…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten, Kindergarten Children
Stotsky, Sandra – 1992
Civic education "means explicit and continuing study of the basic concepts and values underlying our democratic political community and constitutional order" (Butts 1988, 184). It draws its content chiefly from four disciplines: political science, jurisprudence, history, and economics. Political science and jurisprudence provide an…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
Oxford, Rebecca – 2001
This digest focuses on teaching integrated skills in the English-as-a-Second/Foreign-Language classroom (ESL/EFL). Segregated-skill instruction is examined and two types of integrated-skills instruction are highlighted: content-based instruction and task-based instruction. The advantages of integrated-skill instruction are discussed, and five…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Skills, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics, Washington, DC. – 2000
Considerable evidence exists that high-quality early childhood education programs for children from birth to age 5 can have long-lasting, positive consequences for children's success in school and later in life, especially for children from low-income families. However, such programs are not available for all children who need them, nor are all…
Descriptors: Knowledge Base for Teaching, Language Acquisition, Language Skills, Linguistics
Zhang, Hong; Alex, Nola Kortner – 1995
Noting that speech is not simply basic communication, this digest discusses ways in which teachers can help children develop oral language proficiency. The digest holds that speech involves thinking, knowledge, and skills, and that it requires practice and training. After setting out three criteria for oral language competence--fluency, clarity,…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Acquisition, Language Skills
Brecht, Richard D.; Ingold, Catherine W. – 2002
This digest outlines the reasons for and challenges of developing the language skills of heritage language speakers and describes one effort to carry this out, the Heritage Languages Initiative. Specific sections address the following: developing language skills of U.S. residents; the range of language proficiencies of heritage language speakers;…
Descriptors: Heritage Education, Language Proficiency, Language Skills, Native Language Instruction
Cheng, Li-Rong Lilly – 1998
This digest focuses on meeting the educational needs of recent Asian Pacific American (APA) immigrants. Newcomers usually have various levels of English proficiency, and many find school rules incomprehensible because they differ so widely from their previous experiences. In addition, American teachers expect children to be interactive, creative,…
Descriptors: Asian American Students, Communication Skills, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences
Reilly, Tarey – 1988
Content-based ESL is a method that integrated English-as-a-second-language instruction with subject-matter instruction. The technique not only focuses on learning a second language, but on using that language as a medium to learn mathematics, science, social studies, and other academic subjects. Although this approach has been used for many years…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Language Skills
Ranard, Donald A.; Pfleger, Margo – 1993
The United States has admitted more than 1 million Southeast Asian refugees since 1975. The impact of these refugees on language and literacy education has been profound; many innovations in adult English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) education have derived from efforts to meet their language and literacy needs. The first wave of refugees in the…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, English (Second Language), Government Role, Hmong People
Willetts, Karen – 1992
Increasingly, technology is incorporated into second language teaching and learning both in and out of classroom situations. The computer alone has many capabilities for enhancing language learning, but when combined with other technologies, the possibilities multiply for information retrieval, interactive audio- and video-assisted learning, use…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Cultural Education
Beebe, Rose Marie; Leonard, Kathy – 1994
This digest describes how foreign language instructors at Iowa State University of Science and Technology and Santa Clara University (California) have integrated the participation of native speakers from their communities into the curriculum in ways that allow students to practice their language skills and develop a heightened sense of cultural…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Context, Dialects, Higher Education
Parks, Carolyn – 1994
Recent technological, pedagogical, and regulatory developments have heightened awareness and appreciation of the utility of closed captioned television (CCTV) for adult English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) and literacy instruction. A federal mandate that most televisions provide a closed caption decoder, increased captioning of all program types,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Adult Basic Education, Broadcast Television, Classroom Techniques