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Finocchiaro, Mary – Instructor, 1972
Methods for using various visual materials, readily available in the classroom, to motivate the learner to communicate more freely in his second language. (RB)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Instructional Materials, Language Skills, Second Language Learning
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Diebold, Thomas J.; Waldron, Manjula B. – American Annals of the Deaf, 1988
Sixty hearing-impaired students, aged 12-22, studied one of four instructional formats describing basic science concepts. Comprehension gains were measured using a pretest-posttest procedure. Formats which featured highly pictorial content and simplified English produced significantly higher mean gain scores than formats with less pictorial…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Elementary School Science, Hearing Impairments, Instructional Materials
White, Ronald V. – 1978
Writing exercises used as a means of reinforcing language presented and practiced in the spoken medium should include clear cues for the student that can stimulate and guide the writing of connected sentences. Three principles are suggested as being fundamental to the planning and use of effective exercises: (1) focus throughout should be on the…
Descriptors: Charts, Communication Skills, Cues, Diagrams