This Greek language guide is of assistance in carrying on simple conversations in Greek and is used in conjunction with records. All the words and phrases are written in a simplified spelling which is read like English. Useful words and phrases include greetings and general phrases, location, directions, numbers, asking for the name of something,…

Sixth grade students can prepare for the Multnomah County, Oregon, Outdoor School experience by completing the workbook designed to provide fundamental information about soil, water, plant, and animal resources. The workbook begins with an introduction to environmental manners, after which a section is devoted to each resource area. The glossary…

THE NEED TO PROVIDE COLORADO MODERN LANGUAGE TEACHERS WITH A STATE INSERVICE PROGRAM TO HELP THEM RELATE LINGUISTIC THEORIES AND FINDINGS TO CLASSROOM TECHNIQUES RESULTED IN THE PUBLICATION OF THIS STUDY GUIDE FOR FRENCH TEACHERS BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. DESIGNED FOR USE BY INDEPENDENT STUDY GROUPS, THE GUIDE STRESSES AN AUDIOLINGUAL…

THE NEED TO PROVIDE COLORADO MODERN LANGUAGE TEACHERS WITH A STATE INSERVICE PROGRAM TO HELP THEM RELATE LINGUISTIC THEORIES AND FINDINGS TO CLASSROOM TECHNIQUES RESULTED IN THE PUBLICATION OF THIS STUDY GUIDE FOR GERMAN TEACHERS BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. DESIGNED FOR USE BY INDEPENDENT STUDY GROUPS, THE GUIDE STRESSES AN AUDIOLINGUAL…

This publication contains practical suggestions for the teacher of high school students who are not enrolled in college preparatory programs. A list of character traits common to these students and general suggestions for appropriate curriculums, teaching methods, and scheduling precede (1) a literature unit involving a sequence of lessons on…

The culturally disadvantaged child's lack of facility in oral expression is caused primarily by an inadequate vocabulary. Teaching practices capitalizing on the seemingly inherent high degree of physical involvement of the disadvantaged child have met with much success. Educational games, plays which call for imagination and emphasize correct…

Telephone interviews designed to elicit open-ended responses from disadvantaged kindergarten children were taped, analyzed, and scored to test the reliability of this interview technique in obtaining representative speech samples. To determine the effect of familiarity with telephones, one group of 12 children was provided with telephones in the…

Designed for use with the teacher's guide to the Spanish as a Second Language unit, this supplement and ditto packet includes visual aids and worksheets to help the teacher carry out the instructional and assessment activities. The illustrations are designed to help stimulate oral language and conceptual development. These visual materials…

The Nebraska Assessment Battery of Essential Learning Skills (N-ABELS) is a goal-oriented instrument with an evaluation component providing a basis for determining acquisition of twelve skills defined as learning goals. Each goal is stated in terms of an acceptable performance standard which clearly describes what the student must do. The skills…

Centered around a summer theatre theme, the summer migrant program provided each child with a situation in which he could escape his normal role and fulfill his latent capabilities through entry into some character of a play. Thereby, each "performer" realized his unique abilities and found in himself a new source of self-confidence and…

Comprised of 60 pre-K-6 classrooms, the program was designed to provide bilingual education for pupils who have limited English speaking ability. Program objectives were to: prevent their educational retardation by instructing them in Spanish while developing their command of English; enhance their understanding and cognitive development in both…

The primary objective of this course is to initiate students in the most important techniques of oral expression, such as conferences, discussion groups (debate, forum, symposium), and improvisational acting with the purpose of achieving the degree of oral expression that will help them find the means to express themselves orally with clarity,…

Adults and youths who have not developed normal reading skills are experiencing difficulty in passing the written test required in the procurement of a driver's license. The document is a modified handbook, written to enable persons who are not able to comprehend the material included in the "Florida Driver's Handbook" to pass the…

This paper considers the differences in the initial education and financial situation between industrial and developing countries. Programed learning (PL) techniques and PS research cannot be taken over wholesale from industrial countries, but techniques have to be adapted and the emphasis of research has to be changed. These principles are…

Few instruments have been developed for evaluation of expressive vocabulary in early childhood. This project attempted to develop an instrument sufficiently structured to call forth appropriate verbalization yet varied enough to elicit a wide range of responses, and to use the instrument to test whether socioeconomic class groupings can be…