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Salazar, Robert – 1977
This self-instructional course is designed to help students in attaining a high degree of competence in French pronunciation and a basic knowledge of how French sounds correspond to the writing system. The material is divided into ten chapters. Each chapter has three parts. Part One is the presentation of a short dialogue for memorization. It…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Consonants, Dialogs (Language), French
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
Hutchison, Laveria F. – 1973
The effectiveness of "preferred interest" materials in adult reading classes was tested by comparing pretest and posttest scores for the silent reading subtest of the Standard Reading Inventory. The study collected data for 20 adults that received reading instruction by traditional teaching methods (large group arrangement and commercial…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Illiteracy
Download full textSocial Science Education Consortium, Inc., Boulder, CO. – 1976
Three issues of a current awareness bulletin published occasionally by the ERIC Clearinghouse for Social Studies are combined in this document. The bulletins are designed for use by elementary and secondary social studies teachers. The various issues, written in 1976, deal with emerging topics of interest related to reading in the social studies,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Bulletins, Content Area Reading, Conventional Instruction
Karnes, Frances A.; Ginn, Clyde N. – 1976
Results of a questionnaire survey of 24 reading teachers from selected junior colleges in the State of Mississippi are presented in 22 tables with comments, summary, and conclusion. The 22 data categories are (1) number of male and female reading teachers reporting, (2) age range of reading teachers, (3) number of years of experience in teaching,…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Educational Background, Reading, Reading Instruction
Brantley, Jerry; And Others – 1981
The Basic Skills Program described in this report was developed by Macomb County Community College (MCCC) as a semester-long pre-vocational program for Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) students. Following introductory material, Part I presents a general review of postsecondary developmental education programs for…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Planning, Community Colleges, Counseling
Reed, Linda, Ed.; Ward, Spencer, Ed. – 1982
Resulting from a project involving district, state, and federal educational agencies, the papers in this, the second of two volumes, are intended to provide information from research and practice that can help school districts in their efforts to make decisions about goals and methods of basic skills instruction. The topics of the papers in the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Communication Skills, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL. – 1981
The 12 papers in this collection deal with trends in English education research. The papers discuss the following topics: (1) language awareness and schooling, (2) the language processes underlying literacy, (3) the role of oral language in early writing processes, (4) writing to learn in the humanities, (5) instructional effect on reading…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, Evaluation Criteria
Snyder, Barbara, Ed. – 1982
The first issue of the Yearbook of the Ohio Modern Language Teachers Association presents the following articles and features: (1) "PR and the Language Program," by Nancy Humbach; (2) "Creative Play in Language Learning," by Carolann DeSelms; (3) "Foreign Language Projects for the Gifted Student," by Carol L. McKay and Martin D. McKay; (4) "A…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Sheridan, E. Marcia, Ed. – 1982
Drawing from research concerned with sex stereotypes and reading, this book is intended for use by reading teachers at all levels who wish to understand and eliminate sex stereotyping in the materials and practices they use. The nine articles in the book are arranged under three categories: the cognitive, social, and educational dimensions of sex…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Females
Malmstad, Betty J.; And Others – 1982
An ethnographic study was conducted (1) to describe the interaction between students and teacher during reading lessons and the meanings these interactions have for both, and (2) to develop an understanding of how schooling contributes to the reproduction of social inequalities. The study involved daily observations of the ten third, fourth, and…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Case Studies, Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques
Wolf, Russell Murray – 1981
A reading program was devised to affect gains in reading for eighth grade students who had both perceptual and reading deficiencies. The program was divided into two phases, the first consisting of visual-motor-perceptual training conducted three times a week for twelve weeks, and the second composed of individualized reading instruction five…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Grade 8, Junior High Schools, Learning Disabilities
Spanish Curricula Development Center, Miami Beach, FL. – 1977
Reflecting the theme "our community", this unit consists of Kits 1-4 which are organized in three sections: reading, language analysis, and creative expression. The reading section includes two readers which contain three poems and five stories dealing with a grandmother's efforts to help support the family, a female pilot who successfully lands a…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Childrens Literature, Creative Expression, Elementary Education
Dissemination and Assessment Center for Bilingual Education, Austin, TX. – 1978
Designed for bilingual Spanish-English supplemental reading instruction for second grade students, this workbook is intended to be used with the reader of the same title. There is also a teacher's guide. The workbook provides about five pages of reinforcing exercises for each of the eight stories in the reader. The exercises are in the form of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Books, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education
LaPray, Margaret H. – 1978
This publication is designed to give classroom teachers and reading specialists at all levels 42 ready-to-use informal diagnostic devices for the early and accurate identification of individual and group reading needs. It is organized into eight sections. The first contains suggestions to aid teachers in using various testing devices. The…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Developmental Stages, Elementary Secondary Education, Listening Comprehension
