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Pigford, Aretha Butler – Academic Therapy, 1988
To improve oral communication skills of their students, teachers should provide opportunities for students to talk in class. Teachers are advised to: begin early, be sensitive to the individuality of students' speech patterns, and stress that there are different kinds of speech patterns for different situations. (JDD)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Patterns
Download full textCenoz, Jasone – 1998
A study of silent and filled pauses in second language speech analyzes (1) which types of pause are produced, (2) which are the functions of non-juncture pauses, (3) whether pauses co-occur with other hesitation phenomena, and (4) whether the occurrence of pauses is associated with second language proficiency. Subjects were 15 intermediate and…
Descriptors: College Students, Communication Skills, English (Second Language), Higher Education
Peer reviewedDabene, Louise; Billiez, Jacqueline – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1986
The bilingual speech of members of Spanish, Portuguese, and Algerian communities in France was examined, and a model proposed for classification of code-switching according to speakers' intentions and the dynamics of the interaction. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Arabic, Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Communication Skills
Rubin, Donald L.; Kantor, Kenneth J. – 1983
Prepared as part of a series applying recent research in oral and written communication instruction to classroom practice, this booklet focuses on how children and young adults make meaning in speech and writing and on ways teachers can encourage their language development. Following a brief introduction, the first major section of the booklet…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Patterns
Heinberg, Paul – 1973
A consensus has prevailed among educators that Americans of verying ethnic, social, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds who must communicate with each other in social, academic, and occupational situations might achieve a greater degree of rapport if the dialect of the English mutually spoken and the speech mannerisms used were standardized.…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Behavior Patterns, Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Schmidt, Richard W. – 1978
It is possible to communicate effectively in a second language in spite of highly deviant pronunciation and grammar as long as messages are semantically coherent and message forms are reasonably appropriate. Until now, research in second language acquisition has focused principally on the processes through which non-native speakers move towards…
Descriptors: Child Language, Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language)
Kamhi, Alan G., Ed.; And Others – 1996
The collection of papers on language development and African-American children includes: "The Challenges of Conducting Language Research with African American Children" (Holly K. Craig); "Issues in Recruiting African American Participants for Research" (Joyce L. Harris); "Issues in Assessing the Language Abilities of…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Black Dialects, Black Youth, Child Development
