Briefly outlines the rationale for a transactional approach to language teaching. (PM)

A study of the type and frequency of speeches given by blue collar workers. (CH)

The study sought to identify the language, perceptual, demographic, and intellectual factors capable of discriminating between groups of good, average, and poor first-grade students as determined by a standardized reading test. (Editor)

The College of Family Physicians of Canada has used in its certification examination a new type of structured problem-solving examination called the Formal Oral. A series of preselected problem areas such as the complaint, relevant data base, investigation, and treatment are scored by two examiners. (Editor/PG)

The counterplan is a recent strategy used in debate whereby the negative team can urge adoption of a new policy rather than defend the status quo. This paper isolates some of the requirements for a debate counterplan, discusses its strategic implications, and describes three conditions which debate theorists define as necessary for a valid…

The goal of this handbook of English usage and pronunciation is to save the job seeker from possible rejection, to improve the job holder's chances for promotion, to inspire the student to master the language, and to help everyone to avoid making errors in everyday conversation. Part one of the volume provides a "deletionary," a listing of words…

This study investigated the effects of oral communication apprehension and writing communication apprehension on student contact with instructors outside the classroom and the effects of apprehension on academic achievement. Results indicated that apprehension negatively affects both student assistance outside the classroom and academic…

If a person has an extreme score on a personality-trait measure, that trait should play a role in dictating which aspects of the environment are important to the individual. Subjects were asked to rate their dyadic communication with each of eight significant other people on a number of bipolar adjective scales. A multidimensional scaling analysis…

Explains a graphic method of measuring and recording positive and negative speech behaviors which appears to aid reinforcement or alteration of such behaviors. (MH)

Investigates verbal and nonverbal communication patterns that help speakers and listeners define conversational relationships. (MH)

Availability information in CS 703 509. (JW)

Explores the relationship between solo performance and theatrical spectacle emphasizing the important factors of audience expectation and acceptance. (MH)

Rules are presented for the planning and acting out of "speaking games." Further, the methodical designing and the functioning of "speaking games" are discussed, using five actual examples as models. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)