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Melnik, Amelia; Merritt, John – 1972
Facets of the reading curriculum (what is to be taught, how reading competence may be developed, and how the teacher can evaluate reading proficiency) are discussed in this volume, the purpose of which is to increase the reader's knowledge of the scope, content, and process of reading instruction and its influence on the quality of talking,…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Teaching, Instructional Materials, Readability, Reading Achievement
PDF pending restorationAugerot, James E.; Popescu, Florin D. – 1971
This manual is intended for advanced university students in America who are learning Romanian as a third language. Part One is based upon an oral approach, each lesson containing a preparatory section in which the student is simultaneously introduced to pronunciation, intonation, and new semantic and syntactic structures. The second portion of the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Graduate Study, Intonation, Language Instruction
Download full textRohwer, William D., Jr.; Ammon, Paul R. – 1971
The objectives of this project were to assess and improve learning skills and language abilities in culturally disadvantaged children. The five studies included under this cover were prepared as self-contained reports yet they shared these common objectives. The studies are: (1) Learning Efficiency and Elaboration Training among Four- and…
Descriptors: Blacks, Disadvantaged, Grade 1, Grade 3
PDF pending restorationDefense Language Inst., Washington, DC. – 1971
This course in Czech, consisting of 162 lessons in 19 volumes, is designed to train native English Speakers to a level 3 proficiency in comprehension and speaking and level 3 proficiency in reading and writing Czech. The texts are intended for classroom use in the Defense Language Institute's intensive programs employing the audiolingual…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Basic Skills, Czech, Form Classes (Languages)
Defense Language Inst., Washington, DC. – 1971
This military reader, prepared to be used in conjunction with the Portuguese Basic Course developed by the Defense Language Institute, contains 20 Portuguese reading selections with questions and vocabulary lists. The first five readings contain vocabulary used generally by military personnel of all the services while subsequent readings are of…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Instructional Materials, Language Instruction, Military Personnel
Defense Language Inst., Washington, DC. – 1971
This text of literary and colloquial Russian is intended for advanced students who have a functional knowledge of essential structures and basic vocabulary. The main emphasis is on syntactical structure, stylistics of both the written and spoken language, general semantics, and the use of idioms. Grammatical statements pertaining to an item of…
Descriptors: Advanced Programs, Basic Skills, Expressive Language, Idioms
Saint Louis Public Schools, MO. – 1971
The St. Louis Vocabulary Development Project was developed to help children cope with the increasing vocabulary demands in content area textbooks encountered in the fourth grade. The project was presented over the school radio system for 30 minutes daily, 3 days weekly, for 30 weeks in about 150 schools. The fifth and sixth graders were taught…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Content Area Reading, Educational Radio, Grade 4
Michel, Joseph; Patin, Paul – 1972
Discussion of techniques for teaching vocabulary in language programs centers on five major areas: (1) "knowing" the word, (2) selection of vocabulary, (3) grading vocabulary for presentation, (4) teaching methods, and (5) vocabulary expansion in advanced levels. Theory of vocabulary instruction is largely supported by writings of Nelson Brooks,…
Descriptors: Basic Vocabulary, Developmental Vocabulary, Instructional Program Divisions, Language Acquisition
Kratky, Lada; Martinez, Ada – 1972
This programed workbook contains 46 exercises designed to aid the student in the mastery of basic syntactic and vocabulary elements presented in the Defense Language Institute's Spanish Basic Course (1966 edition). The lessons in the workbook correspond to five texts used in the course. As an appendix to the workbook, there is an index of…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Grammar, Instructional Materials, Language Instruction
Defense Language Inst., Washington, DC. – 1972
The purpose of this volume is to acquaint students of the Defense Language Institute's "Czech: Basic Course" with specialized Air Force terminology. Twenty-three lessons focusing on military procedures and terminology are included. The lessons include Czech and English texts of a dialogue, reading passages, and a word list. An appendix…
Descriptors: Czech, Instructional Materials, Intensive Language Courses, Language Skills
LIEBERMAN, JANET E. – 1967
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TEACHING VOCABULARY CONCEPTS THROUGH DIRECT EXPERIENCE AND THE INFLUENCE ON READING ACHIEVEMENT AND CONCEPT ACHIEVEMENT WERE STUDIED. FORTY-TWO FIFTH-GRADE PUPILS DIVIDED INTO 21 PAIRS MATCHED ON SEX AND INTELLIGENCE WERE ASSIGNED RANDOMLY TO AN EXPERIMENTAL AND CONTROL GROUP. FOR 19 WEEKS, TWICE A WEEK FOR A TOTAL OF 40…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation, Context Clues, Diction
Pono, Filomena P.; And Others – 1976
As contact with the American Indian people increased, Indian words, expressions, and terms filtered into the English language. On the other hand, the Indians also borrowed words from those people who came to the New World. The Jicarillas, because of their early contact with the Spanish culture and civilization, tended to borrow more words from the…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Apache, Athapascan Languages, Bilingual Education
Pany, Darlene; Jenkins, Joseph R. – 1977
Three instructional conditions which varied in the extent to which they emphasized direct instruction on word meanings were compared as to their effects on two aspects of reading comprehension: recalling word meanings and recalling facts from a story. The instructional conditions consisted of (1) meanings from context, which required students to…
Descriptors: Context Clues, Intermediate Grades, Learning Disabilities, Prose
Hall, MaryAnne – 1976
The central focus of this second edition is the same as that of the first edition: to describe the language-experience approach and to identify instructional practices which can be followed to teach reading with this approach. In addition, the volume expands the theoretical foundations of language-experience communication, extends the…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Creative Writing, Elementary Education, Language Experience Approach
Moore, George H. – 1973
The research project addressed itself to the problem of mastering the meaning of multiple-meaning words by 17 prelingually hearing impaired children (8-14 years old). It was hypothesized that it should be possible to develop programed instruction using visuals and vocabulary appropriate for a given designated group which could be individually…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Hearing Impairments
