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Download full textShaw, Willard D. – CIEFL Bulletin, 1979
Three hundred and forty-two students of English, engineering, and commerce in India were surveyed to obtain data on five major topics: (1) their English language background, (2) their present and planned future use of English, (3) their reasons for studying English, (4) the English skills they desired, and (5) their attitudes toward English. All…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Indians, Language Attitudes, Language of Instruction
Fox, James; And Others – 1980
This module contains a number of explanations and activities on appropriate phrases and intonation for telephone communication. The parts of the module cover the following: (1) telephone vocabulary, (2) parts of the telephone, (3) standard phrases used in all calls, (4) activities that occur in business calls, (5) speech communication problems…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, English (Second Language), Intonation, Language Usage
Andersen, Roger W., Ed. – 1981
The following papers are included: (1) "Some Common Goals for Second and First Language Acquisition Research" by Kenji Hakuta; (2) "Research on the Measurement of Affective Variables: Some Remaining Questions" by John W. Oller, Jr.; (3) "The Effects of Neurological Age on Nonprimary Language Acquisition" by Thomas…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Chronological Age, Code Switching (Language), Epistemology
Stewart, Lea P. – 1980
Noting that language should be a vital area of concern for anyone interested in speech communication, this paper focuses on the concern for language in the classroom as it is discussed in speech communication literature. Selected studies from the more extensive literature on educational practices are also cited. Programs in which language is…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Humes, Ann; And Others – 1980
This paper specifies the assessment of those language skills that are needed for effective writing by students in grades one through six. Specifications are included for language skills such as language usage, grammatical knowledge, diction, sentence production, specific writing techniques, and verse (poetry) skills. An introductory section…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Language Patterns, Language Usage
Martinez, Miriam G. – 1977
The sentences in two first grade basal readers were categorized using Joan Tough's language function classification system to determine whether lower level basal readers allowed children to use their knowledge of language functions in reading. The range of language functions and language uses in the basals was compared to those that Tough found in…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Child Language, Children
Kluwin, Thomas N. – 1979
Methods used in studies of the classroom language of the English teacher are described in this paper and some results of the research are reported. The paper first describes three methods traditionally employed in the description of the language of the English classroom--live observation systems, coding systems based on transcripts, and…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Classroom Communication, Educational Research, English Instruction
Skoczylas, Rudolph V. – 1971
The Home Bilingual Usage Estimate was designed to measure a person's home-family language usage and to yield a single classification according to a criterion scale. The following classifications were established: English monolingual, English dominant, apparent bilingual, Spanish dominant, or Spanish monolingual. Validity was determined by the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Elementary Secondary Education, English
Cocking, Rodney R.; McHale, Susan – 1977
This study examined the specific effects of picture and object stimuli on two types of language performance: comprehension and performance. Subjects were 48 4- and 5-year-olds who were randomly assigned to one of four groups. Groups were matched for SES, sex, and age and tested individually with one of the four measures: language comprehension…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comprehension, Intellectual Development, Language Acquisition
Medway, Peter; And Others – 1973
This is one in a series of eight discussion pamphlets produced by the Writing Across the Curriculum Project dealing with some of the issues connected with writing in the schools and their relation to learning. This pamphlet explores differences between students' talk and their writing in school contexts. It notes the value of expressive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Patterns, Language Role, Language Usage
Kwofie, Emmanuel N. – 1977
This is a reflection on certain aspects of sociolinguistic and linguistic problems of French in West Africa, particularly in Senegal and the Ivory Coast. The sociolinguistic section discusses the role French has played in Africa and still plays vis-a-vis African languages and English. Conditions in which French is used and attitudes both of…
Descriptors: Dialects, French, Language Attitudes, Language Patterns
MARTIN, BILL, JR. – 1967
THE AUTHOR CHARACTERIZES THIS BULLETIN AS A MESSAGE ON LANGUAGE. THE MESSAGE IS FACILITATED BY (1) A FLUID AND IMAGINATIVE USE OF TYPESETTING, (2) A NARRATIVE-FORM STORY, AND (3) A STORY-PLOT THAT INVOLVES SEVERAL LANGUAGE PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS. ALTHOUGH THE STORY COMPRISES THE ENTIRE BULLETIN, THE PURPOSE OF THE BULLETIN IS NOT JUST TO TELL A…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Communication Problems, Communication Skills, Early Childhood Education
HAYAKAWA, S.I. – 1964
A SEMANTIC DISCUSSION OF LANGUAGE IN GENERAL AND OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN PARTICULAR, THIS VOLUME IS DIVIDED INTO TWO BOOKS--"THE FUNCTIONS OF LANGUAGE" AND "LANGUAGE AND THOUGHT." BOOK 1 DISCUSSES LANGUAGE AND SURVIVAL, SYMBOLS, REPORTS, INFERENCES, JUDGMENTS, CONTEXTS, INFORMATIVE AND AFFECTIVE CONNOTATION, ART AND TENSION, AND THE "LANGUAGES"…
Descriptors: Advertising, Biological Influences, Classification, Critical Thinking
Algeo, John; Pyles, Thomas – 1966
This workbook, intended to supplement courses in the development of the English language, is based on the belief that knowledge of a language's development is best obtained by working with samples of the language in its various historical stages and linguistic branches. Material covered includes (1) facts, assumptions, and misconceptions about…
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, English, English Instruction, Etymology
Brooks, Barbara J. – 1968
An ESEA Title III language development program, originating in Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania, is presented in 60 twenty-minute lessons to help prepare preschoolers for the reading experience. Four areas of language usage and reading readiness are stressed--auditory discrimination or phonology, letter discrimination, stylistics, and morphology,…
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Curriculum Guides, English Instruction, Grammar
