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Zipke, Marcy – Teachers College Press, 2021
All students can benefit from a deeper understanding of how our language works. "Playing With Language" shows elementary school educators (K-6) how to think about, talk about, and manipulate language out of context. This cognitive skill set, known as metalinguistic awareness, is an important component of reading ability. This practical…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Metalinguistics, Elementary School Teachers, Reading Teachers
Keyser, Samuel J. – Elem Engl, 1970
Paper presented at a conference of Massachusetts state English coordinators, Fitchburg State Teacher's College, November 1967. (RD)
Descriptors: Elementary School Curriculum, Grammar, Induction, Inquiry
Weinrich, Barbara Derickson; And Others – 1986
This sourcebook contains an organized series of lesson plans for remediating pragmatic problems in adolescents and students of English as a second language (ESL). Introductory material describes the concept and development of pragmatics (the ability to use language as a tool), provides an observation checklist for clinicians to use in identifying…
Descriptors: Check Lists, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Informal Assessment
Johnston, Elizabeth Booth; And Others – 1984
This sourcebook contains a series of lesson plans for remediating pragmatic problems for students in preschool through grade six. Introductory material describes the concept and development of pragmatics (the ability to use language as a tool), provides an observation checklist for clinicians to use in identifying specific types of pragmatic…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Elementary Education, Instructional Materials, Language Acquisition