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Barnes, Douglas – 1969
This book is concerned with language as it is used by the teacher, as it affects the learner, and as it can function to integrate the curriculum. Douglas Barnes, in "Language in the Secondary Classroom," discusses the student-teacher language interaction in 12 sample lessons, and analyzes the importance upon student learning of the languages used…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Discovery Processes, English Instruction, Expressive Language
Bricker, William A.; Bricker, Diane D. – Amer J Ment Deficiency, 1970
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Language Acquisition, Language Instruction, Language Tests
MCGINNIS, MILDRED A. – 1963
THIS BOOK IS DESIGNED TO DEFINE APHASIA AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS, TO PRESENT A PROCEDURE FOR TEACHING LANGUAGE TO APHASIC CHILDREN, AND TO APPLY THIS PROCEDURE TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SUBJECTS. OTHER HANDICAPPING CONDITIONS WHICH COMPLICATE THE DIAGNOSIS OF APHASIA ARE PRESENTED BY MEANS OF CASE STUDIES. CHARACTERISTICS OF TWO TYPES OF…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Case Studies, Children, Delayed Speech
SCHIEFELBUSCH, RICHARD L., ED.; AND OTHERS – 1967
BASED ON A SERIES OF CONFERENCE PAPERS BY VARIOUS AUTHORS, THE BOOK CONSIDERS BOTH EMPIRICAL AND CONCEPTUAL ASPECTS OF LANGUAGE AND MENTAL RETARDATION AND THEIR INTERRELATIONSHIPS. LITERATURE REVIEWS PROVIDE BIBLIOGRAPHIES ON RELEVANT RESEARCH (68 RESEARCH, 1955-66) AND ON LANGUAGE AND MENTAL RETARDATION (149 CITATIONS, 1929-66). FURTHER PAPERS ON…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer), Evaluation Methods, Exceptional Child Research
Frauley, Ronald Franklin – 1972
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship among receptive language skills, type of second-language acquisition program, and reading skills among Italian speaking first grade students in the English schools of Montreal, Canada. Half of the fourteen teachers and their classes were randomly assigned to the Richards-Gibson…
Descriptors: English, Grade 1, Italian, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedBooth, Thomas – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1978
Techniques have been developed for teaching severely/profoundly retarded children to comprehend the names of everyday objects. (PHR)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Communication Skills, Comprehension, Language Handicaps
Peer reviewedSmeets, P. M.; Striefel, S. – Journal of Mental Deficiency Research, 1976
A transfer of stimulus control procedure was used to teach a 14-year-old retarded deaf girl manual signing skills. (CL)
Descriptors: Deafness, Elementary Secondary Education, Expressive Language, Language Instruction
Jorstad, Helen L. – 1974
The principal aim of testing is to communicate to the student the extent to which he has progressed in attempting to fulfill his goals. Progress in the testing field is observed especially as a step in a feedback loop that includes goals, tasks, and evaluation procedures for providing feedback to the student. The teacher-as-learner also uses test…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages), Criterion Referenced Tests
Peer reviewedStainback, William; Stainback, Susan – Behavioral Disorders, 1978
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Generalization, Imitation, Language Instruction
Download full textAnderson, Joann – 1973
Presented are 29 activities for teachers to use in helping young mentally retarded children increase language skills, and included is a language assessment chart. The goal for language development is given to be increase in effectiveness and accuracy in handling both receptive and expressive language. Activities are presented by name or purpose,…
Descriptors: Children, Class Activities, Exceptional Child Education, Expressive Language
Pimsleur, Paul, Ed.; Quinn, Terence, Ed. – 1971
The 19 papers in this collection cover diversified topics in the general area of psychology and second language learning. No single method of language teaching emerges, but the complexity of second language behavior and the importance of psychology in the field are underlined. Several trends seem to be most prevalent. There is a new focus on the…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Cognitive Processes, Communication (Thought Transfer), Conference Reports
Peer reviewedFrisch, Sue Ann; Schumaker, Jean B. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1974
Three retarded children 3- to 11-years-old were trained, using prompting and reinforcement procedures, to respond correctly to three categories of prepositional requests (next to, under, and on top of). (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Discrimination Learning, Exceptional Child Research, Language Instruction
