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Dwyer, Robert C.; Raver, Sharon A. – Reading Psychology, 1986
Outlines Teaching Reading as Conversation (TRAC), a program that teaches reading in an environmental context, with immersion techniques, as though it were a foreign language. (DF)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Language Acquisition, Program Content, Reading Comprehension
Lucas, Christine W. – 1980
Operation Rewrite, a program developed for use in English instruction in Quebec (Canada), is a constructive teaching-learning method for increasing students' linguistic competency in written discourse. The program provides middle and secondary school students with structured exercises to study and rewrite, using the author's exact format but with…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Imitation, Language Acquisition
Kemp, Max – Australian Journal of Reading, 1985
Describes a program designed to train parents to help in their children's literacy development. Examines the typical parent enrolled in the program and explains how teachers can use program information to better meet the needs of students with literacy deficiencies. (EL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Language Acquisition, Literacy, Parent Participation
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French, Michael P., Ed. – Wisconsin State Reading Association Journal, 1985
Articles in this journal issue focus on reading acquisition and instruction. The titles and authors are as follows: (1) "10 Good Ways to Involve Parents in the Reading Program," by Nickolas Criscuolo; (2) "A Parent Guide for Helping the Child with A Reading Disability," by Frederick Duffelmeyer and Dale Baum; (3)…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Acquisition, Parent Participation
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1984
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 34 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) the influence of rhyming verses on young children's ability to repeat rhythmic phrases; (2) schools of thought in linguistics; (3) the great vowel shift in the…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Child Language, Dialects, Doctoral Dissertations