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Heba, Gary – 1994
Although many dimensions of multimedia are already familiar to technical communicators and educators, producing documents with this technology requires a complete reconceptualization of the communication process. One major obstacle to developing a multimedia rhetoric is the power that print technology holds over people's ideas concerning formal or…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Higher Education, Models, Rhetoric

Myers, Greg – Applied Linguistics, 1989
Study of the pragmatics of politeness conventionally draws on conversational data, but can be extended to some genres of written text. A framework is described that analyzes politeness strategies in terms of impositions (claims and denials of claims) and reveals some stylistic features in scientific papers and in popularizations. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Language Patterns, Language Research, Language Styles
Brand, Alice G. – 1996
Suggesting that neuroscience and the actualities of brain circuitry can provide guidance for what is misunderstood in writing education, namely, the role of subjectivity and values in the composing process, this paper argues that neuroscience provides corporeal evidence for the salience of particular brain structures and processes responsible for…
Descriptors: Brain, Higher Education, Learning Processes, Models

Battison, Robbin; Goswami, Dixie – Journal of Business Communication, 1981
Surveys recent trends in the area of clear writing. Discusses the problem of incomprehensible language in functional writing (forms and documents). Considers solutions, particularly those developed by the Document Design Center. (PD)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Models, Publications

Gjerdingen, Dennis; Manning, F. David – Volta Review, 1991
This paper offers an endorsement of mainstream placements for adolescents with severe and profound hearing impairments, describes successful mainstreaming at Clarke School for the Deaf (Massachusetts) in classrooms using spoken and written English, points out roadblocks that must be negotiated for successful mainstream education, and outlines…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Change Strategies, Deafness, Educational Principles

Tschirner, Erwin – Modern Language Journal, 1996
Presents an approach to developing a grammatical scope and sequence for elementary and intermediate foreign-language instruction that is different from the standard model, which bases the grammatical syllabus of a textbook on tradition, intuition, or both. The article argues that different descriptions of grammar are needed for each of the skills…
Descriptors: College Students, French, German, Grammar
Stotsky, Sandra – 1982
There appear to be two basic theories about the relationship of written language to oral language and the relationship of writing to reading. The first theory views written language as a derivative of oral language and as an alternate but parallel form of oral language. The pedagogical implications of this model suggest that the problems of…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Acquisition, Language Processing
Bratcher-Hoskins, Suzanne – 1984
Reading and writing are both creative acts of communication that use written language as a vehicle for meaning. A strong theoretical case for teaching the two processes concurrently can be built by examining points of contact between reading and writing. One such point is context concerns. The Communication Triangle model (author/audience/…
Descriptors: Models, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Reading Strategies

Maxim, Hiram H. – Foreign Language Annals, 1998
Reviews current practices in foreign-language teaching in light of Bourdieu's theories of language and power to show how failing to assess discursive intent prevents students from understanding strategic use of language. Bordieu's model is then proposed as the basis for pedagogy that authorizes students to use their existing cognitive skills in…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Comparative Analysis, Comprehension, German
Schweers, C. William, Jr. – 1995
This article focuses on the incidence of lexical transfer as a communication/learning strategy in the written English of 32 beginning Hispanic, disadvantaged students learning English as a Second Language at Bayamon University Technical College in Puerto Rico. Subjects were asked to write a detailed description in English of a simple ink drawing…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Foreign Students, Interlanguage