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Downing, Pamela A. – 1977
The factors which influence a speaker's decision to use one categorization for an object as opposed to others that are available are analyzed. The categories that are most used in speech are basic level categories established at the most abstract level at which the category members: (1) share a number of physical and functional attributes, (2)…
Descriptors: Classification, Discourse Analysis, Discrimination Learning, Language Patterns
Canipe, Stephen L. – 1977
The "Crisis" game that is described in this paper is designed to present children with a vocabulary of terms commonly heard when people discuss the energy problem, and to provide an immediate use and reinforcement of those terms in a low-risk game situation. Included in the description are the directions for playing the game, an illustration of…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Elementary Education, Energy Conservation, Motivation
Hart, Kausalya; Hart, George L. – 1979
An introductory textbook on Tamil grammar is presented. Tamil is spoken by the majority of the people who live in the State of Tamil Nadu in India. The 35 lessons cover the following: the Tamil alphabet, pronouns, morphophonemic rules, the plural, the imperative, the infinitive and negative imperative, oblique forms and uses, the dative and…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Grammar, Instructional Materials, Nouns
Katz, Carla S. – 1978
A study to investigate the effect of a visual-verbal method versus a traditional dictionary method to teaching vocabulary development involved 44 students in seventh grade literature classes. A review of the literature indicated a need for quality vocabulary instruction that could offer students more creative, diverse methods to increase their…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Junior High Schools, Teaching Methods, Verbal Learning
Download full textKARLIN, ROBERT – 1967
STATUS STUDIES OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VOCABULARY SIZE AND THE EXTENT OF READING SUPPORT THE BELIEF THAT MORE AVID READERS HAVE RICHER VOCABULARIES. HOWEVER, STUDIES OF DIRECT EFFORTS TO INCREASE VOCABULARY THROUGH WIDE READING ALONE HAVE NOT YIELDED SATISFACTORY RESULTS. HENCE, WIDE READING COMBINED WITH DIRECT AND INDIRECT APPROACHES IS…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Guidelines, Reading Comprehension, Study Skills
PETTY, WALTER T.; AND OTHERS – 1967
RESEARCH ON THE TEACHING OF VOCABULARY WAS COLLECTED, AND THE VALIDITY OF SUCH INFORMATION WAS EXAMINED TO IDENTIFY SUCCESSFUL APPLICATIONS OF THE TEACHING OF VOCABULARY IN SCHOOLS. SOURCES BEARING ON THE SUBJECT OF THIS STUDY WERE INVESTIGATED IN DETAIL. THE INITIAL SURVEYING AND REPORT READING LED TO THE SECURING OF 80 STUDIES THAT WERE…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Educational Research, Language Patterns
Newmark, Leonard; And Others – 1979
This text is designed to enable a student who knows English to gain reading proficiency in Albanian. Part One, which is presented here, includes the first 30 of the 100 units in the complete course. The units include texts from various periods of Albanian writing and include a variety of contents and styles: folklore, biography, news articles,…
Descriptors: Albanian, Grammar, Independent Study, Postsecondary Education
Negrete-Karzag, Elizabeth A. – 1979
This paper describes the development at Evergreen Valley College in San Jose, California, of a vocabulary mastery program using a multisensory approach. It includes a detailed outline of the development of the program, the procedures students follow for self-instruction and self-pacing, and the results of the program for the first 12 participants.…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Higher Education, Individualized Instruction, Mastery Learning
Best, Nancy Dougherty – 1978
Content-specific vocabulary instruction was used in four seventh and eighth grade social studies and science classes as a method for improving the English language ability of non-native English speakers. A total of 52 monolingual English-speaking non-Hispanic students, 7 monolingual English-speaking Hispanic students, 6 Spanish-listening Hispanic…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Language Acquisition, Language Instruction, Non English Speaking
MITZEL, M. ADELE – 1966
THE 5,000 WORD FUNCTIONAL READING WORD LIST, COMPILED TO REFLECT THE PRESENT AND IMMEDIATE FUTURE READING NEEDS OF THE AVERAGE ILLITERATE AMERICAN ADULT, EMPLOYS BASIC WORDS GATHERED FROM SUCH SOURCES AS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PAMPHLETS, MENUS, NEWSPAPERS, COMIC BOOKS, APPLICATION BLANKS, AND RELIGIOUS TRACTS. THE LIST IS DIVIDED INTO FOUR PARTS--THE…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Illiteracy, Literacy Education
Mountain, Lee – 1974
This pamphlet suggests methods of teaching beginning reading using word cards, stories written by a parent, and phonics games. Activities using word cards include writing the name of a person or object on the card and helping the child associate that card directly with the person or object. Stories written by parents usually feature the children…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Parent Role, Phonics, Preschool Education
Legum, Stanley E. – 1971
The Instructional Concepts Program of the Southwest Regional Laboratory (SWRL) is designed to help kindergarten children learn the labels of concepts which are important to success in school. Since vocabulary differences are characteristic of dialect differences, it is possible that some items taught in the Instructional Concepts Program are…
Descriptors: Basic Vocabulary, Black Dialects, Interference (Language), Kindergarten
Dupuis, Henriette, Comp.; Lalut, Jeanne, Comp. – 1974
This glossary of common French words and expressions used in reference to major electric appliances is designed for consumers, producers, and advertisers. Emphasis is placed on current rather than technical French-Canadian vocabulary. The terms are classified into five sections according to type of appliance: (1) electric range, (2) refrigerator,…
Descriptors: Electrical Appliances, English, French, Glossaries
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1972
Formal reading instruction occurs not only in elementary school reading classes but also in science and social studies classes, and continues into the junior and senior high school where content-related reading , study skills, and vocabulary are taught by subject. The 21 reading projects summarized in this report emphasize reading in the content…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Models, Reading Instruction
Cortright, Richard W. – 1969
A review of the political controversy surrounding the constitutionality of literacy tests and fairness of judging literacy at a sixth grade level resulted in analysis of literacy voter tests in several states, and Louisiana and Alabama in particular. Both states required citizenship, age of 21, and ability to read and write any article of the…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Grade 6, Literacy, Reading Level
