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Cheong, George S. C. – Elem Engl, 1970
The redundancy of some English grammatical elements is illustrated by comparisons with similar Chinese constructions. (RD)
Descriptors: Chinese, Comparative Analysis, English, Language Patterns
Jones, Daisy M. – Elem Engl, 1969
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Language Patterns, Linguistics, Reading
Schafer, Paul J. – Elem Engl, 1970
Recommends a return to the traditional approach of studying grammar via sentence diagraming. (SW)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Language Patterns, Sentence Diagraming, Sentence Structure
Hjermstas, E. F. – Elem Engl, 1969
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Elementary Education, Language Arts, Language Patterns
Tiedt, Iris M. – Elem Engl, 1969
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Elementary School Students, English Instruction, Language Arts
Moir, Hughes – Elem Engl, 1970
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Language Styles, Language Usage, Linguistics
Seymour, Dorothy Z. – Elem Engl, 1970
A teacher comments critically on linguists' pronouncements concerning reading instruction and English usage. (RD)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Language Patterns, Language Usage, Lexicography
Hoffman, Melvin J. – Elem Engl, 1970
Focuses upon the importance of understanding the consequences of the "myth, masking, and mode" in guiding the language development of black disadvantaged children; based upon a paper presented before the Niagara Linguistic Frontier. (RD)
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Youth, Disadvantaged Youth, Grammar
Sauer, Lois E. – Elem Engl, 1970
The results of this study argue . . . for a gradation within (basal reading) texts of sentence patterns and of elements used to fill the slots in those patterns"; based on author's doctoral dissertation, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1968. (Editor/RD)
Descriptors: Children, Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Grammar
Wolfram, Walter A. – Elem Engl, 1970
Reviews and evaluates documents processed prior to Fall 1969 by the Educational Resources Information Center pertinent to "the manner in which nonstandard dialects differ from standard English"; a preprint from a forthcoming pamphlet of the National Conference on Research in English. (Author/SW)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Compensatory Education, Dialect Studies, Environmental Influences