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Schoen, Bev – Insights into Open Education, 1988
Understanding the literacy process and using the child as the informant will ensure a better learning experience. Two fundamental assumptions of language learning provide a base for understanding the literacy process. Firstly, the decisions a child makes while searching for meaning in a literacy event are the same ones made by an adult, involving…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Educational Theories
Odlin, Terence – 1996
Possible origins for the use of "sorrow" as a negation in Hiberno-English are considered. Much of the evidence examined here comes from English literature. It is concluded that the uses of "sorrow" as negator and as euphemism probably reflect Celtic substrate influence. Structural evidence indicates that "sorrow"…
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, English, English Literature, Foreign Countries
Goodhall, P. E. – 1977
This pamphlet is the third in a series of ten stemming from the view that language is central to learning, that teachers can gain insights into their work and into learning by examining the language of the classroom, and that current language theory can be the means to such insights. Specifically, the pamphlet presents ideas drawn from a five-year…
Descriptors: Child Language, Classroom Communication, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education
Rogler, Lloyd H.; And Others – Research Bulletin, 1982
This report examines selected studies on the search for and utilization of mental health facilities among Hispanic populations and presents a framework for research on mental health services for Hispanics. Shortcomings of available data on this topic are reviewed. The research framework proposed is based on the assumption that clinical service…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Cultural Influences, Hispanic Americans, Language Role
Council for Cultural Cooperation, Strasbourg (France). – 1978
An editorial and articles are presented on a European unit/credit system for modern language learning by adults. The contents are as follows: "A European Unit Credit System" by J. L. M. Trim; "The Analysis of Language Needs: Illusion--Pretext--Necessity" by Rene Richterich; "Learning a Language Is Learning to Communicate" by D. A. Wilkins; "The…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Communicative Competence (Languages), Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives