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PDF pending restorationDefense Language Inst., Monterey, CA. – 1977
This is the eighth module of 10 in the German Headstart program. Each of the 2 units in the module contains objectives, exercises, and a self-evaluation quiz. In addition, there are several supplementary exercises and self-evaluations. This module deals with a single situation, visiting a German family in their home. The exercises are intended to…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Conversational Language Courses, Cross Cultural Training, German
Download full textDefense Language Inst., Monterey, CA. – 1977
This module provides cultural information that will be helpful to military personnel in understanding some aspects of the German way of life. The topics covered in the booklet are: housing, postal services, forms of address, courtesies, getting around, driving, hotels, restaurants, beer and wine, recreation, entertainment, health spas, shopping,…
Descriptors: Conversational Language Courses, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Education, Foreign Culture
Steele, Catherine; And Others – 1978
This collection of activities and games is a supplement to "The Language Guide for Elementary Mohawk." These activities and games provide additional classroom practice for the topical language components in the companion book. The vocabulary encompasses names, singular commands, colors, numbers, foods, animals, clothing, household,…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indians, Class Activities, Educational Games
Miscione, John L.; And Others – 1977
This study investigated preschool children's understanding of the words "know" and "guess." Subjects for the study were 48 male and female preschool children ranging in age from 3.6 to 6.6 years. The children were divided into three age groups representing one year intervals. The task for the study involved a "guessing" game in which a colored…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Comprehension, Developmental Stages
Johnson, Craig W. – 1979
Undergraduate students using an imagery mnemonic mediating technique involving "keywords" to learn definitions of thirty unfamiliar words performed better on a 1-week delayed comprehension test, on at least half of the definitions, than those who read and copied definitions. Mnemonic mediating strategies worked better than nonmediating strategies…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Definitions, Difficulty Level
SANDEL, LENORE – 1967
TWO FIRST GRADE CLASSES, ONE USING THE INITIAL TEACHING ALPHABET (ITA) AND ONE USING TRADITIONAL ORTHOGRAPHY (TO), WERE RANDOMLY SELECTED FROM A SCHOOL IN EACH OF 4 SCHOOL DISTRICTS. THE TOTAL SAMPLE CONSISTED OF 100 CHILDREN IN ITA CLASSES AND 100 CHILDREN IN TO CLASSES. THE CLASSES WERE GROUPED HETEROGENEOUSLY. THE PINTNER- CUNNINGHAM PRIMARY…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Correlation, Creative Writing, Grade 1
HARTIG, HUGO; AND OTHERS – 1968
THIS JOURNAL PUBLISHED THREE TIMES A YEAR FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF READING INSTRUCTION AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE LEVELS CONTAINS ORIGINAL ARTICLES, REVIEWS OF ARTICLES, AND AN EDITORIAL SECTION OF BRIEF STATEMENTS OF IDEAS AND PROBLEMS RELEVANT TO READING AND LANGUAGE ARTS INSTRUCTION. THE SPRING 1968 ISSUE PRESENTS A DISCUSSION OF 10 WAYS…
Descriptors: College Students, Content Area Reading, High School Students, Language Arts
O'Piela, Joan M. – 1968
A pilot study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of five curricular methods used in a summer Head Start program designed to develop perceptual-motor skills. Three hundred and seventy-three inner-city children in 15 Head Start centers were given the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test and the Brenner Developmental Gestalt Test of School…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Evaluation, Disadvantaged, Experimental Curriculum
Fried, Marian; And Others – 1965
This unit guide, seventh in a series of seven, is designed to provide eighth-grade social studies teachers with materials that develop the facts, attitudes, and concepts of social studies and that also present reading and study skills instruction. Information about the United States as a world leader is presented along with reading exercises in…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Context Clues, Grade 8, Junior High Schools
Partridge, Susan – 1978
Since the average child spends an estimated 30 hours a week watching television, it is important to consider the negative and positive effects of television viewing on the development of reading attitudes and habits. Possible negative aspects of television viewing include the following: the rapid pacing of programs encourages shallow reading; the…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Critical Thinking, Elementary Education, Learning Motivation
Adams, Marilyn J.; And Others – 1977
Successful reading is a complex, interactive process in which the reader's experience and information are as important to comprehension as the content of the printed page. This article describes several reading processes, discusses the problems involved for the beginning reader, and indicates some implications for reading instruction. Five…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Decoding (Reading), Primary Education, Reading Comprehension
Henry, Bertram Von Lossberg – 1974
The purpose of this study was to determine whether boys read to by their fathers for the six-month period immediately preceding entrance into first grade would score significantly higher on predictor instruments for first-grade reading achievement when compared with boys read to by their mothers or boys in an unplanned situation for the same…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Early Reading, Language Skills, Oral Reading
Raugh, Michael R.; And Others – 1975
This study evaluates the effectiveness of a mnemonic procedure, called the keyword method, for teaching a large Russian language vocabulary to college students. The method divides the study of a vocabulary item into two stages. The first stage requires the student to associate the spoken Russian word to an English word (the keyword) that sounds…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, College Language Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction, Language Instruction
Shawnee Mission Public Schools, KS. – 1975
This language arts curriculum guide for grades 10-12 begins with a statement of the language arts goals of knowledge, skills, and values to be addressed in each section. The instructional components are sequenced according to objectives, and most of them are keyed to present resources in the Shawnee Mission (Kansas) school district. The following…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Curriculum Guides, English Curriculum, English Instruction
DeVries, David L.; And Others – 1975
This study tested the effectiveness of Teams-Games-Tournament (TGT) for teaching basic reading skills. TGT is a classroom management technique which uses cooperative student teams, instructional games, and interteam tournaments in a particular combination. Fifty-three third-grade students were randomly assigned to either a TGT or a control…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Beginning Reading, Grade 3, Language Ability
