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Mazely-Allel, Marianne – Contemporary Education, 1991
Holistic teaching in secondary school English helps avoid subject matter isolation and fragmentation. It involves exposing students to forthcoming information, covering subject matter, and following up on information presented. It engages the whole student, creating effective communicators who think critically and comprehend written and spoken…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Critical Thinking, English Instruction, High Schools
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Burch, Daniel D.; Teller, Henry – Perspectives in Education and Deafness, 1996
Applies principles of whole-language instruction to the teaching of sign language skills. Emphasis is on the holistic use of sign language in natural communicative situations. Some materials for this approach to sign language instruction are suggested. (DB)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Deafness, Educational Principles, Elementary Secondary Education
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Milosky, Linda M. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1990
This article discusses the concept of world knowledge and its relevance to intervention processes. Roles of linguistic and physical context in interpretation and levels of speaker experience are discussed. Levels of involvement are related to communication goals, and these principles are extended to applications in the teaching of language skills.…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Comprehension, Context Effect, Elementary Secondary Education
Brandenburg, Dale C. – 1998
In order to evaluate the Project ALERT (Adult Literacy Enhanced & Redefined through Training) Workplace Literacy Project, data were collected to gauge the impact of the program on individual participants, the organizations in which they were employed, and to provide the use of whole language and multimedia techniques in workplace literacy…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Communication Skills, Continuing Education, Education Work Relationship
United Cerebral Palsy Association of Greater Birmingham, AL. – 1989
This collection presents papers from the 1989 Southeast Augmentative Communication Conference. Papers include: "The Augmentative Communication Pre-School Program: Consultation Model" (Barbara Armstrong); "Affect and Its Communication In the Closed Head Injury Population While Using Augmentative Communication Devices" (Banajee,…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Cerebral Palsy, Communication Aids (for Disabled)
Hobson, Eric; Shuman, R. Baird – 1990
Arguing that students should be encouraged frequently to listen, to speak, to read, and to write in all areas of the curriculum and to begin asking the questions that reveal the dependence that exists between various bodies of knowledge, this book is based on the whole-language theory. The book is designed not only to help students learn such…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Communication Skills, Critical Thinking, High Schools
Schirmer, Barbara R. – 1994
This text provides preservice and inservice teachers with comprehensive information regarding how children who are deaf learn to use language in face-to-face communication, reading, and writing. The text presents both practical teaching strategies and the theoretical foundations on which teaching strategies are built. Individual chapters address…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Communication Skills, Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing
Schirmer, Barbara R. – 2000
This text provides preservice and inservice teachers with comprehensive information regarding how children who are deaf learn to use language in face-to-face communication, reading, and writing. Individual chapters address the following topics: (1) acquisition of linguistic knowledge in the child who is deaf, language goals for classroom…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Communication Skills, Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing
Goodman, Ellen, Comp.; Hevia, Mary, Comp. – 1996
This collection of papers on English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) reading and writing instruction includes: "The Use of the Newspaper in Teaching ESL Students" (Andrea Bittman); "Using a Combination of Life Experience Stories and Other Types of Stories To Teach the Writing Process and Build Self Confidence within the ESL Student" (Kathy Brightman);…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Audiotape Recordings, Classroom Techniques, Communication Skills