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Morrow, Keith; Schocker, Marita – ELT Journal, 1987
Considers several ways in which texts are used in English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) classrooms where communicative skills are taught. These texts fail to offer the EFL student the possibility of personal involvement of the sort that would be normal with a text in the native language. Suggestions are made for using texts in a way which encourages…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Language Enrichment

Cobb, Jeanne; Rusher, Anne – Dimensions of Early Childhood, 1996
Describes reading aloud as an interaction between child, caregiver, and book. Asserts that the caregiver's role is to provide a framework for children to converse about books--characters, events, and themes. Describes the PeRCS (Purpose explore Read Connect Summarize) idea, which provides steps for language exploration and idea experimentation.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Cultural Awareness, Early Childhood Education, Interaction