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Genishi, Celia – Language Arts, 1979
Reviews research on the value of innovative and traditional methods of teaching language and encourages teachers to provide classroom opportunities for students to communicate and to teach language skills. (DD)
Descriptors: Child Language, Conventional Instruction, Educational Innovation, Elementary Education
Boomer, Garth – 1979
Based on the assumption that the same conditions that promote talk in the preschool years might continue to promote oracy if they could be replicated in schools, this paper investigates conditions most likely to promote growth in oral communication, summarizes the findings of two relevant Australian research studies, and draws implications for…
Descriptors: Child Language, Classroom Communication, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education