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Thayer, Yvonne V. – 1988
An outline of the French curriculum used in the Radford, Virginia schools is presented. It consists of outlines of the major and supplementary materials and linguistic content used in each year of the four-year Foreign Language in the Elementary School (FLES) program. A brief introductory section describes the program's origins and instructional…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Cultural Education, Curriculum Design
Download full textCampbell, Diana; McCarty, T. L., Ed. – 1983
The guide describes how to use a 9-point system to teach 11 high-interest, low-level novels about Indians and teenagers to students reading at levels 1-8. The nine steps are (1) determine student's instructional reading level, (2) determine level of novels to be read, (3) choose novel at student's instructional reading level, (4) introduce novel,…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Literature, American Indians, Characterization
Waters, William V. – 1988
This paper describes classroom activities developed around constructivist learning theories (that is, students are always learning because they are constantly constructing their own personal meanings and reflecting on them) as they are applied to English as a Second Language and remedial English students in a secondary classroom dominated by…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cultural Differences, Cultural Exchange, English Curriculum
Cole, Richard; Douillard-Cole, Edith – 1983
A guide to second language teaching methods and content is designed for language teachers giving French instruction to Peace Corps volunteers in Morocco. It consists of an introductory section on classroom techniques and 38 instructional units on grammar and vocabulary. Each lesson outlines grammatical and vocabulary material to be presented to…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Course Content, Foreign Countries
Rivera, Loretta Smith – 1985
A curriculum guide for a federally-funded demonstration project in English-as-a-second-language instruction for parents and their high school aged children is presented. The purpose of the program is to promote family participation in the school and community. The guide includes the following sections: descriptions of the project and of the adult…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Check Lists, Classroom Techniques
Small, Robert C., Jr. – 1987
Designed for secondary school English teachers who want to help their students develop enthusiasm for words, their histories, and the way language structures words to produce meaning, this paper offers suggestions for a program of study employing dictionary projects and personal experience. The paper describes making a class dictionary of teen…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Class Activities, Definitions, Dictionaries
Lane, Martha A. – 1982
This teacher's guide contains suggestions and lessons for teaching reading and writing to North American adults learning English as a second language. It can also be used to help English-speaking adults gain literacy skills. The guide introduces tutors to teaching "emergency English"--essential vocabulary and conversations (dialogues) on…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills
Bowman, Connie L. – OMLTA Journal, 1985
In one high school French department, videotaping began to be used as part of a final examination. It was found that the students wanted to see their tapes and began to critique their own and others' performances. The next year, taping was done earlier in the school year so that the tapes could be used as performance models. Students were more at…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development, Dialogs (Language), Difficulty Level
Peer reviewedDale, Rick – Behavior Analyst Today, 2004
The past 20 years have seen research on language acquisition in the cognitive sciences grow immensely. The current paper offers a fairly extensive review of this literature, arguing that new cognitive theories and empirical data are perfectly consistent with core predictions a behavior analytic approach makes about language development. The review…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Psycholinguistics, Prediction, Grammar
Root, Jane H.; Schall, JoAnn – 1976
The sequential program in the "Read On" series uses a diagnostic/prescriptive approach to teaching adults and teenagers who have little or no competence in basic reading skills. This introductory packet consists of a text and workbook that deal with adult themes ranging from grocery shopping to fishing and motorcycling and a teacher's guide…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Beginning Reading
Reiff, Tana, Ed. – Adult Student Magazine, 1981
Written for, by, and about adult students, this issue consists of a series of articles and features dealing with learning English as a native and as a second language. The first section contains six articles covering the following aspects of English and language learning: English as an interesting language that reflects the freedom of its…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Adults, Behavioral Objectives
1979
Used as an integral part of the migrant student skills system operated by the Migrant Student Record Transfer System (MSRTS), the oral language skills list contains a catalog of skills typical of the K-12 grade range. This catalog includes a sample of the MSRTS transmittal record which permits teachers to report the skills being worked on at the…
Descriptors: Developmental Tasks, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Skills, Listening Comprehension
Aaronson, May; And Others – 1978
As a preschool screening instrument, the Preschool Preposition Test (PPT) can play an important role in the early identification of cognitive delay. PPT scores increase appropriately with chronological age. Cognitive data demonstrate impressive correlations with recognized intelligence tests (the Stanford-Binet and the Peabody Picture Vocabulary…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Testing, Compensatory Education, Diagnostic Tests
Christ, Frank L., Ed. – 1970
The report drawn from the third annual conference that was designed to provide professional dialogue for those concerned with the improvement of college reading programs, this volume contains ten papers that deal with the following topics: the certification of reading teachers, diagnosing the reading needs of college students, a multimedia…
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Motivation Techniques, Reading Diagnosis
Suppes, Patrick, Ed. – 1978
Significant cases of research in terms of their effect on school practices are cited and discussed in this volume. In presenting the various case studies, the authors have not focused on the scientific validity of the ideas they present but on the impact of these ideas on education practice. The following topics are covered: (1) the use of…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Case Studies, Educational Facilities Design, Educational Improvement
