GUIDELINES FOR THE PREPARATION OF TEACHERS OF ENGLISH IN BOTH THE SECONDARY AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WERE FORMULATED FROM THE ENGLISH TEACHER PREPARATION STUDY, CONDUCTED JOINTLY BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE DIRECTORS OF TEACHER EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION, THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEACHERS OF ENGLISH, AND THE MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION. NOT…

UNTIL SUBSTANTIAL MASTERY HAS BEEN ACHIEVED BY THE SLOWER READERS, THE SUB-SKILLS TO LEARNING THE MECHANICS OF READING SHOULD BE MADE THE OBJECTIVES OF INSTRUCTION. FOCUSING ON WORDS, BLENDING, AND HANDLING IRREGULARS ARE THREE OF THE SUB-SKILLS NEEDED. TO TEACH THE CHILD TO FOCUS ON WORDS, THE TEACHER INTRODUCES VERBAL RHYMING AND ALLITERATION…

THE 1967 WESTERN REGION TEACHER TRAINING INSTITUTE AT CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE COLLEGE WAS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE TRAINING FOR ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS OF ADULT BASIC EDUCATION (ABE) PROGRAMS IN SIX STATES. THE INSTITUTE FOCUSED ON FIVE BROAD AREAS--UNDERSTANDING THE ABE STUDENT, METHODS OF TRAINING ABE INSTRUCTORS, ADMINISTRATION, PROGRAM…

READING PROGRAMS IN THE ELEMENTARY GRADES IN MANITOBA, CANADA, WERE STUDIED OVER A 4-YEAR PERIOD TO DETERMINE WHAT TYPES OF PROGRAMS WERE IN EFFECT AND TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE THE TEACHING OF READING. INCLUDED IN THE REPORT ARE (1) A SURVEY OF READING IN MANITOBA FROM 1946-1966, (2) A DESCRIPTION OF THE CONTENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE…

This handbook is intended for content area teachers in grades seven through twelve who want to help students improve their comprehension of both oral and written language. The first three chapters discuss the nature of comprehension and establish the general philosophical framework for the strategies and activities that make up the major portion…

Combining concepts of cognitive theory with those of rhetoric and linguistics can help writing teachers understand the kinds of activities that will enable basic writers to produce syntactic constructions appropriate for the content they have generated. A review of research studies of sentence combining, syntactic constructions, grammatical…

THIS BOOK PROVIDES TEACHERS WITH SUGGESTIONS FOR STIMULATING YOUNG WRITERS TO CREATE IMAGINATIVE COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING VERSATILE VOCABULARY WORDS AND GRAPHIC DESCRIPTIONS. THE SUGGESTIONS ARE GROUPED INTO FIVE CHAPTERS--(1) "SPINNING IMAGINATIVE THOUGHTS" IS DESIGNED TO ASSIST TEACHERS IN FOSTERING PUPILS' FLEXIBLE THINKING PROCESSES TOWARD THE…

THE 1965 SUMMER PROGRAM FOR MIGRANT CHILDREN IN MARYSVILLE, CALIFORNIA, INCLUDED KINDERGARTEN, PRIMARY, AND INTERMEDIATE CLASSES WHOSE OBJECTIVES WERE--(1) TO TEACH ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE TO THE CHILDREN, AND (2) TO IMPROVE EACH CHILD'S SELF CONCEPT. TRANSPORTATION AND MEALS WERE PROVIDED FOR ALL OF THE CHILDREN, AND CLOTHING WAS FOUND FOR…

This introduction to the historical study of language is designed to give ninth-grade students contact with the methods of historical linguistics in a relatively limited area--the study of the lexicon. The unit begins with a consideration of recent changes in the lexicon, especially those due to technological advances which have caused the use of…

This compilation of resource materials for the teaching of written composition in grades K-6 is based on the assemptions that the desire to write frequently results from the enjoyment and stimulation derived from reading what another has written; that children's literature offers the pupil contact with master writers; and that this contact may be…

The purpose of this project was to initiate a classroom journal-writing program that would provide children with an opportunity to express themselves freely, and that would offer useful information for improving relationships within the classroom. Both students and teacher kept daily journals for a year. Four simple rules governed the procedure,…

To teach language processing is to teach students how to clarify information in material they are reading or discussing so that they are able to understand, evaluate, learn, store, recall, and use it. The first section of this guide, which is based on the use of the Formula Phonics method, discusses the teaching of language processing in terms of…

The new emphasis on combining language and culture teaching finds all teachers busy updating and improving their materials. However, feedback on how successful they are in their attempts is limited. Revealing insights into the image of Germany held by high school students can be gained from the 1974 and 1975 essays, written by applicants for the…

The purpose of the teacher's guide is to encourage the primary student to expand his or her awareness of jobs within the community. The role of the service station worker is examined, with emphasis on the goods and services provided. Subject areas for which the materials in this guide have potential are social studies, art, and language. Each set…

This study was designed to determine statistically whether the prolonged use of three prepared reading readiness activities has any influence on seventh-grade students' abilities to read unfamiliar literature; which of the readiness activities is most influential on students' abilities; and whether or not longevity of such influence exists. The…