The phrasebook provides Irish phrases and vocabulary needed for typical exchanges between parents and children. It is intended for parents who wish to speak a little Irish to their young children, and may be used by individuals or in a class situation. First it presents the phrases for calling children, attracting their attention, praising them,…

The two volumes present information on the structure, grammar, and alphabet of the language of the Otoe and Iowa Indian tribes. They are intended to support the teaching and maintenance of that language and culture. The first book introduces the reader to simple sentences in three segments: letters of the alphabet, with a simple illustrative…

Intended for use by life skills coaches and students, program evaluators, and individuals developing lesson plans and other training materials, this taxonomy includes all of the terminal performance behaviors and corresponding sub-skills required to become and function as a balanced, self-determined person who manages the problems of everyday life…

Basic Irish phrases and vocabulary useful for shopping are presented in dialogue form in an illustrated phrasebook. The book offers simple sentences and alternative terms for personal greetings, comments on the weather, grocery shopping, paying for goods, writing a check or using a credit card, and partings. Additional lists of vocabulary for…

This phrasebook is designed to introduce newly-arrived Iranian residents to the daily activities of American life. The phrases and supplementary vocabulary in the book's 19 units cover a wide range of situations. Topics include coping with the language barrier, useful forms of etiquette, giving information about oneself, recognizing signs,…

A prefatory section discusses the background of Cameroonian pidgin English and presents the pidgin sound and alphabet. Fifteen lessons cover: greetings and leave-taking expressions; present, future, immediate future, unspecified past, simple past, conditional, and compound tenses; subject, possessive, emphatic, object, and relative pronouns;…

This book describes transdisciplinary management of multiply disabled children with vision problems and presents four theoretical models of visual assessment and three illustrative case studies in a sequence appropriate to the learning process. The first three models are intended to lead to assessment and management of the child and the last to…

An overview of theory, assessment design, and programming in career development projects for special education students is presented, and 39 assessment instruments are reviewed. Components of career-vocational program development are identified, and steps in the developmental flow for assessment, evaluation, and curriculum design are listed. A…

The purpose of Project COMPETE is to use previous research and exemplary practices to develop and validate a model and training sequence to assist retarded youth to make the transition from school to employment in the most competitive environment possible. The taxonomy described in this project working paper focuses on instructional objectives in…

This document is a dictionary of essential vocabulary, signs, and illustrations of workplace activities to be used to train deaf or hearing-impaired adults. It contains more than 500 entries with workplace-relevant vocabulary, each including an illustration of the signed word or phrase in American Sign Language, a description of how to make the…

The phrasebook, designed for newly-arrived Hungarian residents in the United States, contains English phrases in 19 units covering a wide range of situations and introducing the daily activities of American life. They are presented in the form of two-line dialogues, are grouped by subject, and are selected for their directness, brevity, and…

This list of competencies and learner outcomes is the product of a 2-day meeting held to develop competencies for a new consumer and homemaking course for 9th and 10th grade students. Included in the list are competencies pertaining to the following program areas: responsibility and self-image, coping with today, family living and parenthood…

This competency listing presents the 42 employability and occupational, personal and family management, civic and social responsibility, and aesthetic and humanistic appreciation skills that are needed by secondary special education students, as they were determined during the Michigan Life Role Competencies (MLRC) Project. (The MRLC Project was…

This phrasebook with wordlist is designed for speakers of Haitian Creole who are immigrants to the United States. The English phrases presented are grouped by subject and selected for their directness, brevity, and relevance to the needs of newly-arrived residents. Most are presented in the form of brief, two-line dialogues. Phrases and…

The illustrated guide provides vocabulary for common classroom terminology in 15 languages: Arabic; Bengali; Chinese; Farsi; Haitian-Creole; Hindi; Italian; Korean; Polish; Russian; Serbo-Croatian; Spanish; Tagalog; Urdu; and Vietnamese. The languages are those most commonly spoken by immigrants to the United States. For each language there are…