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Emergent Verbal Behavior in Preschool Children Learning a Second Language
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May, Richard J.; Downs, Rachel; Marchant, Amanda; Dymond, Simon – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2016
We evaluated the emergence of untaught second-language skills following directly taught listener and intraverbal responses. Three preschool children were taught first-language (English) listener responses (e.g., "Point to the horse") and second-language (Welsh) intraverbal responses (e.g., "What is horse in Welsh?" [ceffyl]).…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Second Language Learning, Language Skills, Intervention
Language and Learning Styles of the "Educationally Disadvantaged."
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Gantt, Walter N. – Elementary School Journal, 1972
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Individual Needs, Individualized Instruction, Interests
Teaching Language to the Severely Behaviorally Handicapped: A Review of Procedures.
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Stainback, William; Stainback, Susan – Behavioral Disorders, 1978
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Generalization, Imitation, Language Instruction
How Shall the Disadvantaged Child Be Taught?
Blank, Marion; Solomon, Frances – Child Develop, 1969
Research supported by U.S. Public Health Service grant K3-MH-10, 749. Disadvantaged Youth
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Conventional Instruction, Individual Instruction
Asking Young Children To Tell the Story.
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Soundy, Cathleen S.; Genisio, Margaret Humadi – Childhood Education, 1994
Describes an instructional approach that encourages teachers to guide children in narrating stories based on actual or imagined experiences, particularly those that transpire in the classroom. Discusses ways of incorporating events from dramatic play and everyday occurrences into storytelling activities and offers a story sampler that exemplifies…
Descriptors: Dramatic Play, Emergent Literacy, Imagination, Language Acquisition
Programmed Instruction Versus Guided Learning in Foreign Language Acquisition.
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Valdman, Albert – Die Unterrichtspraxis, 1968
Criticism against the application of Skinnerian programed instruction techniques to foreign language learning is advanced, while the development of a largely self-instructional guided learning program with live teachers and other students is advocated. Major attention is directed to an explanation of the principles of programed instruction, the…
Descriptors: Language Instruction, Language Skills, Learning Theories, Linguistics
Cognitive Perspective on Teaching Self-Regulation.
Meichenbaum, Donald – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1990
In response to Whitman, "Self-Regulation and Mental Retardation" (EC 222 812), the author distinguishes between operant and cognitive training methods to develop self-regulatory skills and disagrees with Whitman's observation that the procedures for teaching retarded persons are essentially the same as for nonretarded persons. (DB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Generalization, Language Skills, Mediation Theory
Pinyin + Zhuyin: Introducing a More Effective Way of Teaching the Sound System of Chinese.
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Lam, Clara; Chow, Balance – 1995
American students are exposed to many different romanization systems when learning Chinese. The most important systems include Pinyin, Zhuyin fuhao, Wade-Giles, Gwoyeu Romatzhy, and the Yale system, to name just a few. The Pinyin system, which is built on the English alphabet, is the official transliteration system of mainland China. The Zhuyin…
Descriptors: Chinese, Contrastive Linguistics, Cultural Maintenance, Foreign Countries
The Meaning Makers: Children Learning Language and Using Language to Learn. First Edition.
Wells, Gordon – 1986
Based on a longitudinal study of language development, this book charts the language development of 32 British children from shortly after their first birthdays to the end of their elementary education, and explores a number of questions related to this development. Chapter 1 describes the children and their families, chapter 2 discusses the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment