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Download full textOregon State Dept. of Education, Office of Assessment and Evaluation, Salem. – 1998
This official scoring guide for speaking presents details of the 6-point scoring system used in Oregon schools for the 1989-99 school year. It list attributes of students' communication to merit a score from 1 (lowest) to 6 (highest) in the areas of ideas and content, organization, language, and delivery. (RS)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Usage, Scoring
Plain English Network. – 2000
Studies show that clearly written documents improve compliance and decrease litigation. Writing that considers the readers' need for clear communication will improve the relationship between the government and the public it serves. This handbook contends that the most important goals are to engage the reader, write clearly, and write in a visually…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Language Usage, Technical Writing, User Satisfaction (Information)
Pujolras, Agusti Pou – 2002
This paper describes the potential of linguistic rights concepts, particularly those within the Act on Linguistic Policy, focusing on the normalization of Catalan in Spain. It suggests ways in which the law can be useful in increasing the use of Catalan. After an introduction, the paper presents the legal framework within which the linguistic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Maintenance, Language Minorities, Language Usage
Bhat, Sapna; Chengappa, Shyamala – 2003
Patterns of code switching were studies from two aphasic and two neurologically normal Kannada-English bilinguals. Conversational analysis of the samples based on the Matrix Language Frame (MLF) model (Myers-Scotton, 1993) revealed consistent code switching between two languages by all the subjects. The aphasic subjects demonstrated a greater…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Foreign Countries
Berger, Allen – 1999
This paper comments on the topic of literacy and politics by answering a question: "Why can't literacy educators seem to reach the politicians?" The discussion in the paper shows how educators and politicians communicate in different languages; when speaking about education educators tend to use their own jargon, while policymakers tend…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Discourse Communities, Jargon, Language Usage
Peer reviewedPowell, Samuel – Journal of Reading, 1973
Discusses language usage among blacks and whites, pointing to some current theories. (RB)
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Language Usage, Linguistic Theory, Nonstandard Dialects
Peer reviewedDry, Edward B. – Volta Review, 1973
Expressions may be incorporated in many ways to teach speech, language, and concepts to hearing impaired children from primary to secondary levels. (DB)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Exceptional Child Education, Hearing Impairments, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedKann, Hans-Joachim – Zielsprache Englisch, 1974
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Grammar, Language Instruction, Language Usage
Peer reviewedDelgado, Jose – Language Sciences, 1974
Descriptors: Abbreviations, Business, Communications, Determiners (Languages)
Peer reviewedObanya, P. A. I. – French Review, 1974
Descriptors: French, Language Teachers, Language Usage, Linguistic Competence
Schroder, Jochen – Deutsch als Fremdsprache, 1973
Descriptors: Function Words, German, Grammar, Interference (Language)
Gueho, Robert – Neueren Sprachen, 1974
Descriptors: Definitions, Irony, Language Proficiency, Language Usage
Bussmann, Hadumon – Deutsche Sprache, 1974
Part of a continuing article. (DD)
Descriptors: Definitions, English, French, German
Direct linkWidal, Pierre – Meta, 1973
Neologism is a term for any word introduced into a language regardless of the method of its creation. (DD)
Descriptors: Definitions, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns, Language Styles
Peer reviewedPorquet, Andre – Langue Francaise, 1973
Special issue on orthography. (DD)
Descriptors: Etymology, French, Graphemes, Language Research
