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Download full textMoustafa, Margaret – 1982
Views on the role of speech in the early stages of English as second language (ESL) acquisition are discussed in relation to experiences with elementary school children. In examining the roles of speech and grammar in the early stages of ESL acquisition in an English speaking elementary school environment, six types of expressive language were…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Grammar, Listening Comprehension
Burling, Robbins – 1982
Aspects of second language learning and instruction are explored in order to develop a rationale for a comprehension-based approach to language instruction. Eight characteristic pedagogical assumptions are critically examined, including assumptions regarding the role of grammar, age differences in learning ability, the priority given to each of…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Grammar, Language Acquisition, Language Skills
Olson, Janet S.; Berry, Louis H. – 1982
This review of the literature on rate-controlled or compressed speech begins by tracing the historical development of compressed speech with emphasis on earlier approaches to the problem, e.g., changing speaking rate, simplifying text, changing tape speed, or using a sampling technique. An overview of research from 1917 to 1974 highlights the…
Descriptors: Audio Equipment, Communication Research, Efficiency, Electromechanical Technology
Fisher, Ronald P.; Cuervo, Asela – 1981
Memory for sex of the speaker and language of presentation of a spoken message was high and reliably better when the features were instrumental for comprehending the message than when they were not. This suggests that the physical characteristics of an event may be deeply or elaborately encoded when they are meaningful in light of the task…
Descriptors: Attention, Context Clues, Higher Education, Linguistic Performance
Ecroyd, Donald H.; Drummond, Caroline – 1985
Reading aloud is a rhetorical act. Its purpose is always to communicate, which is a transactional form involving the oral reader and at least one real or imaginary listener. Whenever a person reads aloud, the reader has some intent of reading to someone. In all such situations, readers interpret orally for the mood and meaning that seem…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Listening Comprehension, Literature Appreciation, Oral Interpretation
Peer reviewedWithrow, Frank B. – Volta Review, 1974
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Auditory Training, Educational Philosophy, Exceptional Child Education
Peer reviewedZirkel, Perry A.; Greene, John F. – Psychology in the Schools, 1974
Examines the validity of picture-type parallel tests of aural ability as a measure of aural language dominance for bilingual students. Relationship with various criterion measures is explored, as is relationship to length of residence in continental United States. Results suggest that such testing is a promising technique. (Author/HMV)
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Aural Learning, Bilingual Students, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedPfister, Guenter G. – Foreign Language Annals, 1974
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Evaluation Methods, Language Instruction, Listening Comprehension
Townsend, David J. – 1977
Recent work in syntactic theory has revealed that word order is more constrained in subordinate clauses, particularly nonasserted clauses, than in main clauses (Ross, 1973; Hooper & Thompson, 1973). On the other hand, main clauses are restricted in the extent to which they allow pronominalization and verb phrase deletion (Lakoff, 1968). These…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Child Language, Cognitive Processes
Hallet, R. – Revue des Langues Vivantes, 1975
Proposes a methodology for teaching comprehension of a foreign language in both the reading and the listening domains. (Text is in French.) (TL)
Descriptors: Comprehension, Concept Formation, Language Instruction, Linguistic Competence
Peer reviewedHayes, Marjorie; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1975
Investigated the characteristics and utility of the Hayes Early Identification Listening Response Test (HEILRT). (RC)
Descriptors: Kindergarten Children, Listening Comprehension, Primary Education, Psychomotor Skills
Hall, Edward T. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1969
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences
Reynolds, Richard J.; and others – J Reading Behav, 1969
Descriptors: Adults, Blacks, Input Output Analysis, Learning Theories
Awobuluyi, A. Oladele – 1965
The materials in this course are designed to be taught by an instructor who speaks Yoruba as her/his first language and, in addition, has a good knowledge of English. The mimicry, manipulation, and memorization phase consists of three parallel columns: Column A lists the lexical items to be introduced, Column B gives the pronunciation of some…
Descriptors: Adult Education, African Languages, Course Content, Grammar
Gambrell, Linda B.; And Others – 1980
A study investigated the effects of induced mental imagery upon the comprehension of oral versus written discourse for above and below average readers. A secondary purpose of the study was to determine, through a follow-up interview, the students' ability to induce mental imagery. Sixty-three sixth grade students with above or below average…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Learning Processes
