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English for Academic Purposes: Some Factors in Listening Comprehension. Languages for Special Purposes, No. 4.

McDonough, J. E. – 1977

This paper, presented in English and in Spanish, isolates one area of English for Academic Purposes, listening comprehension, and makes some preliminary suggestions as to factors that might be relevant in course planning and, particularly, in the design of materials. In preparing a language program, a highly instrumental approach should be…

Descriptors: College Language Programs, Course Objectives, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs

Pictorial Elaboration Effects on Mexican-American Children's Retention of Noun Pairs.

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Sherwin, Trisha; Kee, Daniel W. – 1978

The present experiment investigated: (1) the effect of pictorial elaboration on low socioeconomic-status Mexican-American children's long term memory for noun pairs; (2) the effects of labeling mode on estimates of paired-associate acquisition and retention; and (3) the interrelationships between paired-associate task performance and school…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education