Suggests that the oral language program can be specifically designed to create an affective focus and provides several strategies for effecting such a goal. (TO)

Choral speaking of nursery rhymes is an excellent way to enrich the classroom program. (MM)

After a brief discussion of the difficulties Spanish-speaking children encounter when learning to speak and read English, the authors offer suggestions for curriculum changes and methods of teaching oral English that would facilitate learning for these children. (TO)

Describes the Alaskan Reading and Language Development Program developed for use with Eskimo children aimed at making education for Alaskan children more meaningful. (MM)

Investigates the effects of two kindergarten programs, social class, and sex upon children's oral syntactic facility. (Author)

Presents results of a study of the phonological, morphological, and syntactical oral language patterns of disadvantaged children of New Orleans. Many of the findings are relevant to beginning reading instruction. (TO)

Survey of seventeen articles, with general comments on the quality of research in the area. (SP)