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Download full textKluwin, Thomas N.; Papalia, Julie – 1989
Thirty hearing-impaired children at a residential school for the deaf, a day school for the deaf, and a day program for the deaf in a regular public elementary school were shown picture books, asked to tell the story, and asked to respond to specific questions. Results showed that the ability to process questions was related to the structure of…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Hearing Impairments
Oscarson, Mats – 1986
A replication of a previous study assessed the construct validity of a national test for academically oriented Swedish upper secondary students. The analysis consisted of a comparison of test results of 10 percent of the Swedish test population to results obtained from a sample of native English speakers of the same age. Analyses of the Swedish…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English for Academic Purposes, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Hosford, Helga; Farr, Marianne – 1977
The guide is designed to assist elementary school German teachers by giving suggestions on the nature of material, structure, and sequence of linguistic items to be introduced in the first year. It contains suggestions for 10 teaching units, each containing vocabulary, grammar items, cultural information, songs and rhymes to reinforce vocabulary…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Classroom Techniques, Course Content, Cultural Education
Zettersten, Arne – 1984
A Swedish language teacher's experiences with recent developments in language teaching technology such as videotext, teletext, microcomputers, and videotapes and videodisks are presented. His conclusions regarding this new technology include the following: videotext is suitable for self-testing and distance education because it is interactive, but…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Change, Educational Technology
Ediger, Marlow – 1985
Ranging across the language arts spectrum in the elementary school curriculum, this compilation of 36 essays is divided into eight main sections: (1) issues, theory, and philosophy of a language arts curriculum; (2) reading (includes "Developing the Reading Curriculum,""Determining Reading Levels," and "Reading: Basics versus Problem Solving)";…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Creative Writing, Curriculum Development, Educational Philosophy
Ringbom, Hakan, Ed. – 1983
At irregular intervals, beginning in 1977, Swedish-Finnish conferences on contrastive and applied linguistics have been arranged in Stockholm and Turko/Abo. This volume presents most of the papers given at the 1982 conference. Papers include: "Free Recall of Mixed Language Lists. Error Patterns in Bilingual Memory" (Karin Aronsson, Anja Metsola,…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Communication Skills, Comprehension, Error Patterns
Chew, Charles R. – 1986
Reading to young children offers them many benefits including a sense of security which comes from physical closeness to an adult. In addition, the child perceives the format of print, begins to assimilate the basics of story construction, develops a prior knowledge base which is an essential ingredient of comprehension, and receives the message…
Descriptors: Child Development, Childrens Literature, Early Reading, Language Acquisition
Beene, Lynn; And Others – 1985
Text linguistics can make significant theoretical and practical contributions for writing teachers. Borrowing from classical rhetoric and cognitive psychology, text linguists investigate defining text, creating text grammars, and identifying communicative aspects of text. To show how these investigations are useful for writing teachers, this…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Cohesion (Written Composition), Dialogs (Language), Discourse Analysis
Montgomery County Public Schools, Rockville, MD. – 1985
Developed to increase student ability to communicate effectively in a growing range of situations, this kindergarten through grade eight writing and speaking program is based on clusters of instructional and performance objectives for each grade level. The guide begins with a discussion of the goals of education, a point of view about language…
Descriptors: Capitalization (Alphabetic), Curriculum Guides, Elementary Education, English Instruction
Peace Corps, Freetown (Sierra Leone). – 1985
Instructional materials for Krio, the creole spoken in Sierra Leone, are designed for Peace Corps volunteer language instruction and intended for the use of both students and instructors. Fifty-six units provide practice in language skills, particularly oral, geared to the daily language needs of volunteers. Lessons are designed for audio-lingual…
Descriptors: African Languages, Audiolingual Methods, Creoles, Cultural Traits
Porochiwnyk, Daria – 1986
The teaching unit provides materials for the fourth year of the six-year secondary school curriculum in Ukrainian as a second language. It focuses on concepts identified for study at the grade 10 level, expression of location and destination, with a comprehensive study of the locative case of nouns and their modifiers. In completing the unit,…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Class Activities, Course Content, Educational Objectives
Brill, Charlotte; And Others – 1979
This elementary school, introductory level curriculum guide for English as a second language (ESL) contains information on the program's educational objectives and philosophy, outlines for 10 units on basic elements of grammar, and appendixes. Each unit outline includes a listing of structural items, cultural concepts, notes on pronunciation and…
Descriptors: Course Content, Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Guides, Educational Objectives
Sayers, Dennis – 1980
This monograph explicates the techniques for bilingual skills training of adults and out-of-school youth that were developed in the bilingual vocational training program at Bullard-Havens Regional Vocational-Technical School in Connecticut. The first chapter deals with the problem-posing and questioning technique known as…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Audiotape Cassettes, Bilingual Education, Classroom Techniques
Nova Scotia Dept. of Education, Halifax. – 1977
The curriculum guide for the French communications course is provided by Nova Scotia's secondary schools for students not wishing to complete the core French curriculum. A program giving experience in French communication useful for employment and leisure and allowing for flexibility in high school course selection is outlined. Its objectives…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Classroom Techniques, Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Chicago Board of Education, IL. Dept. of Curriculum. – 1975
A teaching guide for teachers of language arts for native Spanish-speaking primary school students in the Chicago public schools consists of four sections and appendices. Part I introduces the concepts of the language arts program, its behavioral objectives, suggestions for teachers, and notes on the characteristics of students of this age group.…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Bilingual Education, Class Activities, Curriculum Guides
