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Download full textDale, Edgar – 1975
This booklet is designed to help people improve their vocabulary. Four principles of vocabulary development are outlined: language development and vocabulary development are closely related; language development is concept development; vocabulary development is an ongoing process; and vocabulary is the basis for most tests of I.Q. The author…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Language Acquisition, Learning Processes, Listening Skills
Ching, Doris C. – 1976
This book describes the special needs and learning problems of the bilingual child; reviews and summarizes research on teaching English as a second language, showing various teaching approaches; and provides practical ideas for the classroom teacher in the reading instruction of the bilingual child, with suggestions for the development of…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Bilingual Students, Educational Research, Elementary Education
Simonds, Lynn – 1975
The program outlined in this document has been based on the premises that the communication skills form the basis for achievement in other areas and are interwoven with personal development and self-concept, and that working on language development involves increasing children's abilities to use sounds, the structure of the language, grammatical…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Writing, Drama, Early Childhood Education
Center for Applied Linguistics, Arlington, VA. – 1975
Oral language development in early childhood education is concerned with conceptual development as well as with skill formation. There seems to be an order in which most children learn to verbalize basic concepts. This guide lists classroom activities that may be used to facilitate and enhance the conceptual development of kindergarten children in…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Educational Games
De Avila, Edward A.; Duncan, Sharon E. – 1977
Language Assessment Scales, LAS I, are designed for children in grades K-5. LAS I accommodates ethnic and linguistic differences and provides direct language activities taken from the popular culture of both English- and Spanish-speaking peoples. LAS I consists of two independent tests, one in English and the other in Spanish, presented largely on…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Child Language
Duncan, Sharon E.; De Avila, Edward A. – 1978
Language Assessment Scales, Level 2 (LAS II) are used to assess the linguistic proficiency of limited-English-speaking or non-English-speaking adolescents. LAS II, like its predecessor, LAS I, provides a picture of oral linguistic proficiency based on a student's performance across four linguistic subsystems: phonemic, lexical, syntactic and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism
