A previous study indicated localities in which students speak French most of the time, localities where they speak it only sometimes, and one locality between the two extremes. The study reported here was of students in three localities belonging to the groups just mentioned, namely, Cornwall, Pembroke, and North Bay. It revealed that students who…

Prewriting exercises such as outlines, successive drafts, or free writing are not helpful to students from oral cultures who are unfamiliar with the writing process. Speaking as a rehearsal technique for writing can help nontraditional students formulate and organize ideas before starting the first draft. Speaking as a rehearsal for writing…

The skilled performance of conference interpreters has aroused some interest of late, both on the part of interpreters interested in studying their own complex skills, and of psychologists interested in cognitive behavior. Recent theories in this field have concentrated on information processing aspects of the task, and on the role of anticipatory…

One strategy available to beginning learners of English as a Second Language (ESL) is the use of memorized phrases or routines that they hear frequently in the out-of-class environment. These routines allow them to participate in basic sorts of interaction while they are waiting for their analytic linguistic ability to catch up with their…

A series of strategies called the "Synectics Model," can be used by teachers in helping students to break away from usual thought patterns and to make new connections. Its purpose is to increase creativity and to produce lateral thinking. The activities employed involve the use of metaphor. Examples of the model are provided that were…

One hundred thirteen residents of Carbondale, Illinois, participated in a study of the diffusion of information about the announcement of Walter Mondale's nomination as the Democratic vice-presidential candidate in the 1976 election. Data were collected the day of the announcement, for a period of ten hours. Results indicated that 76% of those…

A study on sentence processing involving rehearsal, response initiation, and mental transformation required the subject to perform a secondary task concurrently with transformation of a sentence previously given. A secondary task interruption technique was used to allow inferences as to where the planning occurs by measuring increases in task time…

The effects of message structure, required recall structure, and receiver apprehension on the recall of message information were studied in a 2 x 2 x 2 factorial analysis of variance with fixed effects. Subjects were 238 college students who scored either high or low in communication apprehension. A category clustering scheme was used to…

The conceptual, construct, and predictive validity of available instruments for coding relational control is considered in this paper. It approaches conceptual validity by offering a logical analysis that compares each instrument with formative ideas in interactional theory. It then advances data concerning the construct and predictive validity of…

The theory of the coordinated management of meaning (CMM) describes the structural relationship between a conversation as it appears in a verbatim transcript and as it appears in the meaning-system of the participants. The five essential features of CMM theory are: a set of four propositions about the nature of communication and human behavior, a…

The entries in this extensive bibliography note films and other audiovisual materials that are suitable for use in courses in speech communication. The film entries are arranged according to the following headings: communication theory, encoding and decoding, group communication, intercultural communication, interpersonal communication,…

Nonverbal communication variables play a major role in affecting the meaning of messages in business communication contexts. Consequently, business communicators need to have a general understanding of nonverbal communication and to recognize how such behaviors as body posture and movement, eye contact, facial expression, seating arrangement,…

THE EFFECT OF FREQUENTLY USED ORAL LANGUAGE PATTERNS IN WRITTEN MATERIAL ON THE READING COMPREHENSION OF FOURTH GRADERS WAS EXAMINED. RUDDELL'S FREQUENCY PATTERNS WERE USED. TWO PASSAGES WERE CONSTRUCTED -- THE FIRST WITH 4 HIGH FREQUENCY PATTERNS (PASSAGE A) AND THE SECOND WITH 4 LOW FREQUENCY PATTERNS (PASSAGE B). FACTORS WITHIN THE PASSAGES…

THIS DOCUMENT REPORTS THE PROGRESS FROM SEPTEMBER 1, 1961 TO FEBRUARY 1, 1962 OF AN EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM IN SPEECH CONTROL. THE TOPICS DISCUSSED ARE--(1) PARAMETERS OF VOWEL PERCEPTION, (2) RELATIONS AMONG RESPONSE RATE, TOPOGRAPHY, AND SCHEDULES OF REINFORCEMENT--METHODS AND FINDINGS IN AN ANALYSIS OF THE VOCAL OPERANT, (3) FOREIGN ACCENT AND…

A GENERAL VIEW OF LANGUAGE ARTS RESEARCH AS IT RELATES TO THE SCHOOL IS PRESENTED. THE BOOK IS DIVIDED INTO 11 CHAPTERS, EACH OF WHICH SURVEYS A SPECIFIC AREA OF THE LANGUAGE ARTS PROGRAM. READING IS TREATED UNDER SUCH TOPIC HEADINGS AS GENERAL TRENDS, PARENTAL OPINION, READINESS, VOCABULARY STUDIES, AND PHONICS. HANDWRITING, COMPOSITION,…