THIS REPORT STATES THAT RURAL YOUTH MIGRATING TO THE CITY FACE PROBLEMS OF MULTIPLE DECISIONS, LACK OF EDUCATION, LACK OF JOB OPPORTUNITY, LACK OF MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS, COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS, AND LIMITED PARTICIPATION IN DECISIONS AFFECTING THEIR LIVES. THE AUTHOR KNOWS OF NO URBAN CHURCH PROGRAMS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO HELP RURAL YOUTH,…

DESIGNED FOR STUDENT AND PRACTICING SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS AND AUDIOLOGISTS, THIS BOOK DISCUSSES THE HISTORY OF AUDITORY TRAINING, PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH HEARING LOSS, THE DEVELOPMENT OF ORAL LANGUAGE, BASIC CONCEPTS OF AUDITORY PERCEPTION, AND SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF AUDITORY TRAINING. SUCH ASPECTS INCLUDE--(1) FACTORS RELATING TO AUDITORY TRAINING,…

COMMITTEES WERE SET UP AT A FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE AND ASSIGNED TO REPORT ON DIFFERENT PROBLEM AREAS OF LANGUAGE TEACHING. IN THE FIRST REPORT, "COMMUNICATION LEADS TO UNDERSTANDING," THE PROBLEMS INVOLVED WITH GAINING COMMUNITY SUPPORT AT THE START OF A NEW LANGUAGE PROGRAM AND THE WAY SCHOOLS SHOULD HANDLE THESE PROBLEMS…

THROUGHOUT, UNITS ARE DIVIDED INTO TWO SECTIONS - PRACTICAL SKILLS OF ORAL COMMUNICATION AND BASIC SKILLS OF GRAMMAR AND MECHANICS. THERE IS GRADUAL DEVELOPMENT OF SKILLS IN THE RESPECTIVE AREAS WITH REVIEW, DRILL, AND AN ADDED ACHIEVEMENT IN EACH UNIT. FOR EXAMPLE, ORAL COMMUNICATION STARTS WITH SPEAKING DISTINCTLY, AND PROGRESSES TO ORAL…

A STUDY WAS DESIGNED TO EVALUATE THE USEFULNESS OF AUTOMATED TEACHING PROCEDURES FOR HELPING MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN LEARN WORD RECOGNITION, READING, AND SPELLING. THE SUBJECTS FOR THE STUDY (66) WERE DRAWN FROM ESTABLISHED PUBLIC SCHOOL CLASSES FOR THE EDUCABLE MENTALLY RETARDED. SUBJECTS, RANGING IN AGE FROM 8-16 YEARS, WERE MATCHED AND…

SEX DIFFERENCES IN READING ACHIEVEMENT RESULTING FROM USE OF TWO DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO TEACHING READING IN THE FIRST GRADE WERE STUDIED. A STANDARD BASAL READER APPROACH WAS USED WITH READING GROUPS DIVIDED BY SEX AS WELL AS ABILITY. PACE AND EMPHASIS OF INSTRUCTION FOR THE BOYS WAS ADAPTED TO SUIT THEIR NEEDS. A LINGUISTIC APPROACH ORGANIZED TO…

THE RELATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE SKILLS-CENTERED APPROACH AND THE LANGUAGE-EXPERIENCE APPROACH TO TEACHING READING TO DISADVANTAGED URBAN CHILDREN IN THE FIRST GRADE WAS EXAMINED, AND METHODS COMPARED. APPROXIMATELY 50 TEACHERS AND 1,150 STUDENTS MADE UP THE PROJECT SAMPLE. TYPES OF DATA GATHERED INCLUDED PRETEST AND POST-TEST SCORES OF THE…

A program was established to equip foreign adults with the necessary information, attitudes, and skills to survive in the urban world of work. Staff from the City College of New York worked in the Queens area of New York City to develop a program which included English as a second language (ESL) classes, world of work seminars, and…

A functional typology of verbal instructional tasks for advanced classroom instruction and inservice training is described and illustrated in this paper. The described typology is based upon functional definitions of elementary and conceptual behavior and incorporates the kinds of goals and objectives that surveys and research have shown to be…

This fourth in a series of seven related teaching guides that together outline a public school district's English language arts curriculum for kindergarten through grade six focuses on a course of study for grade three. The guide explains the district's overall philosophy and teaching goals and the philosophy behind the development of a curriculum…

This fifth in a series of seven related teaching guides that together outline a public school district's English language arts curriculum for kindergarten through grade six focuses on a course of study for grade four. The guide explains the district's overall philosophy and teaching goals and the philosophy behind the development of a curriculum…

This sixth in a series of seven related teaching guides that together outline a public school district's English language arts curriculum for kindergarten through grade six focuses on a course of study for grade five. The guide explains the district's overall philosophy and teaching goals and the philosophy behind the development of a curriculum…

This last in a series of seven related teaching guides that together outline a public school district's English language arts curriculum for kindergarten through grade six focuses on a course of study for grade six. The guide explains the district's overall philosophy and teaching goals and the philosophy behind the development of a curriculum…

This guide provides educators with descriptions of specific techniques for teaching skills in reading, writing, listening, and literature; suggestions for planning a year's work; and models for changing a curriculum in the language arts. Specific topics discussed in the eight sections of the guide are: (1) the process of changing the curriculum;…

Community college professors have a responsibility as teachers to help students learn the many new words which must be added to their high school vocabularies if they are to be successful. While some instructors provide students with a list of jargon words relevant to a particular course, most ignore the problem posed by new words encountered in…