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Parker, R. W. – Training Officer, 1973
Discusses the origins and development of language, both oral and written. (GB)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Language Acquisition, Language Instruction, Language Universals
Peer reviewedLahey, Margaret; Bloom, Lois – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1977
Various criteria are presented for selecting the first words to be taught to a child with a language disorder. (Author)
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Language Handicaps, Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
THREE JAPANESE READERS ARE PRESENTED WHICH CONTAIN VOCABULARY, NOTES, AND DRILL SENTENCES. THE THREE READERS--(1) ARU SARARIIMAN NO ITI-NITI, (2) OTOOSAN WA KAMI-SAMA, AND (3) ARU GAKUSEI NO HANNITI--ARE WRITTEN IN THE ROMAJI ALPHABET. EACH READER HAS A VOCABULARY LISTING WITH ENGLISH EXPLANATIONS AND DRILL SENTENCES. AN ENGLISH WORD DEFINITION…
Descriptors: Japanese, Language Acquisition, Language Guides, Language Instruction
Thorpe, Murdine; Tippett, Glen – 1972
An instructor's text-workbook, consisting of fifteen booklets, to accompany LINC Communications Developmental Reading course, is presented. Five Unit Headings are: Word Analysis; Word Meaning; Literal Comprehension; Interpretive Comprehension; Evaluative Comprehension. An answer key is provided. Booklets and key are bound separately for inclusion…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Instructional Materials, Language Acquisition, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedLaws, Peter – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1974
Discusses the differences between first language learning and second language learning, examines arguments for and against an early start in second language learning and surveys recent and current practices in second language learning and teaching. (Author)
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Language Acquisition, Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Partridge, Susan – 1979
The importance of metalinguistic awareness in early language learning and reading is stressed. It is reported that a number of studies support the contention that many children beginning first grade do not segment language into conventional words in either the auditory or the visual mode. Thus, it is suggested, instructional demands are often…
Descriptors: Children, Cultural Influences, Language Acquisition, Language Instruction
Hutinger, Patricia L. – Day Care and Early Education, 1978
Discusses experiences and activities to encourage language development in children younger than six. (BR)
Descriptors: Child Language, Early Childhood Education, Language Acquisition, Language Instruction
Foerster, Leona M. – Elementary English, 1974
Presents a technique for improving pupils' language by studying idioms. (RB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Idioms, Language Acquisition, Language Arts
Nix, Kemie – Elementary English, 1974
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Elementary Education, Grammar, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedStremel, Kathleen – Mental Retardation, 1972
Three moderately to severely retarded children who demonstrated a limited expressive noun vocabulary were placed in a language program to be trained to produce the basic grammatical relations (subject-verb-object responses). (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Exceptional Child Research, Language Acquisition, Language Instruction
Bartel, Nettie R. – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1970
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Language Acquisition, Language Instruction, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedRichards, Regina G. – Reading Teacher, 1975
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Language Acquisition, Language Instruction, Music
Peer reviewedPhillips, Terry; And Others – English in Education, 1974
The Commission Two report, one of a series of conference reports of the National Association for the Teaching of English (NATE), is concerned with children's language development at the primary stage and the teaching of language. (RB)
Descriptors: Conference Reports, English Instruction, Language Acquisition, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedHart, Betty; Risley, Todd R. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1974
An investigation of incidental teaching practices on the spontaneous speech of 12 disadvantaged preschool children during free-play periods which demonstrated that such periods can be powerful learning times by capitalizing on moments when children seek new plan materials. (Author/EH)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Incidental Learning, Language Acquisition, Language Instruction
Carruthers, Barbara – Spoken English, 1974
Advocates increased stress on music for preschool children for aid in language learning. (CH)
Descriptors: Children, Language Acquisition, Language Instruction, Music
