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Gage, William W.; And Others – 1955
This text is designed for teaching English as a foreign language to Vietnamese. The book is in Vietnamese; only the structures being taught are in English. In each of the 20 units there are numerous pronunciation exercises, substitution drills, dialogues, and vocabulary exercises. Also included are an index to grammar points and an index to the…
Descriptors: Dialogs (Literary), English (Second Language), Grammar, Instructional Materials
Thompson, Lionel G. – 1960
This is the second in a four-volume experimental series of instructional materials on English for Vietnamese speakers. The present volume deals specifically with grammar. The aim of the grammar lessons is to give the students a thorough command of spoken English. The lessons are based on a comparison of English and Vietnamese grammatical…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, English (Second Language), Grammar, Instructional Materials
Pack, Alice C., Ed. – 1971
This issue contains the following articles: "A Portfolio Program for Teaching English Composition," by Charles J. Fox and Robert Tippetts: "TESL Curriculum: The Foundation Is What Counts," by William D. Conway: "English Oral Language," by Allan D. Patterson: "Using a Telephone Directory to Teach English as a Second Language," by Jason B. Alter;…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Diagrams, Educational Strategies, English (Second Language)
Smith, Henry Lee, Jr. – 1968
A new fundamental tool of analysis, the morphophone, is presented in this monograph, and some implications of this discovery for the problems involved in the teaching of literacy are considered. The relation of written to spoken English is explored first, for experience has shown that the basic problem in becoming literate is gaining the ability…
Descriptors: Dialects, English Instruction, Form Classes (Languages), Language Instruction
Pack, Alice E., Ed. – 1971
This issue contains the following articles: "Behaviorist and Rationalist Psychology and Language Teaching Theory," by William Gallagher; "TESL and Speech Communication," by Kay M. Yamada; "More on Using a Telephone Directory to Teach English as a Second language," by Betty M. Crethar; and "Supplementation of Opposites in Simple Predicate…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Behavioral Science Research, Diagrams, Educational Psychology
Leaverton, Lloyd – 1971
The experiment described in this report investigates two basic questions concerning beginning reading instruction to speakers of nonstandard dialects. 1--Will learning to read be facilitated if the primary reading material is phrased in the actual word patterns and grammatical structure used by the children in their oral speech? 2--Will learning…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Educational Experiments, Language Acquisition, Language Instruction
Leaverton, Lloyd – 1971
The problem of teaching standard English reading and language skills to children who speak nonstandard dialects can be facilitated through a language program that distinguishes between "everyday talk" and "school talk," while recognizing the position of both types of speech. The instructional materials must be meaningful with respect to the…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Classroom Techniques, Educational Experiments, Language Acquisition