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Download full textAlameda County School Dept., Hayward, CA. – 1969
To develop communication skills among non-participating students, teachers must recognize, diagnose, and treat individual problems of the reticent child. Teachers need to convey the concept of an "open" classroom where all ideas are welcome, to develop questioning and "active listening," to encourage eye contact, to make use of…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Creative Dramatics, Emotional Adjustment
Goldberg, Mark F.; And Others – 1967
The two teaching units in this document present listening and speaking as dynamic skills and emphasize learning through discovery and induction. "Listening to Understand" encourages the student to participate primarily as a member of a group rather than as an individual. Classroom exercises are listed for teaching students efficient listening, the…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer), English Instruction, Language Skills
Glaus, Marlene – 1965
The activities presented in this book, designed to help children translate their thoughts into spoken and written words, can supplement an elementary teacher's own language arts lessons. Objectives for each activity are listed, with the general focus of the many oral activities being to develop a rich verbal background for future written work. The…
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Creative Activities, Descriptive Writing
Fernandez, Thomas L., Ed. – 1969
The 10 readings collected in this volume emphasize the value of oral interpretation as an approach to teaching literature in the secondary school. Wallace A. Bacon indicates how the act of interpretation as it is experienced in the reader's mind can recreate the act of literature. Frances L. McCurdy, Margaret M. Neville, and Allen Bales discuss…
Descriptors: Dramatics, English Instruction, Independent Reading, Interpretive Reading
Thiess, Carolyn, Ed.; And Others – 1969
The first 6-month supplement to "ERIC Documents on the Teaching of English: 1956-1968" (ED 029 045), this bibliography of 522 items represents a continuing effort to bring together in a single source a list of all the documents relating to English teaching which have been processed into the ERIC system. It includes documents announced in the…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Dramatics, English Curriculum, English Instruction
Robinson, Peter. – 1969
The discussion centers around the amount and kind of participation that should be asked of a student taking reading and oral comprehension tests. For each test there are four levels of participation; zero, limited, extended, and complete. The test designer should create a situation which will encourage the subject to give maximum expression,…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Conversational Language Courses, English (Second Language), Evaluation Methods
Hammerly, Hector – 1969
An analysis of the interrelationship of speaking and reading skills in second language acquisition is the object of an experiment described in this article. The hypothesis tested suggests that written stimuli have a negative influence on the formation of speech habits of beginning students. Objectives, methods, and subject and data selection are…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Auditory Stimuli, Beginning Reading, Behavioral Science Research
Dunkel, Harold B. – 1948
The major portion of this book discusses factors in second language learning, including age, intelligence and background, previous linguistic experience, motivation, other student characteristics, objectives, contact hours, the teacher, and materials. Attention is also given to the state of language learning, children and language learning,…
Descriptors: Age, Background, Bibliographies, Educational Objectives
Thompson, Denys; And Others – 1966
The conception of English as something socially learned and of central importance to the development of the individual has obvious implications for the teacher who hopes to develop in his pupils good speaking, writing, listening, and reading. The teacher must cooperate with the child's growth by providing a climate for maturation, an enriching of…
Descriptors: Child Development, Communication Skills, Conference Reports, Educational Innovation
Ruddell, Robert B.; Williams, Arthur C. – 1972
The basic purpose of Project DELTA (Developing Excellence in Literacy Teaching Abilities) was to design, implement, and evaluate an inservice professional development model to enhance literacy teaching abilities, thereby effecting substantial impact on children's reading-language achievement. Five instructional strands were developed: (1) oral and…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Critical Thinking, Decoding (Reading), Inservice Teacher Education
Norton, Natalie Joyce – 1973
The purpose of this study was to investigate the symbolic languages of movement and drama in terms of their ability to stimulate and expand the oral communication of children in grade two. Included was a substudy to determine the effect of such a program upon the self-actualization of children in grade two. The oral language was studied…
Descriptors: Body Language, Communication (Thought Transfer), Drama, Grade 2
Martinez, Emiliano; And Others – 1972
This reading textbook contains a series of stories designed to relate to the natural interest of the school child. Students learn about a Puerto Rican family living in New York. New vocabulary is introduced gradually for the student to memorize. Included are exercises in oral expression and comprehension, auditory discrimination, intonation,…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Developmental Reading
Kochman, Thomas, Ed. – 1972
As the title suggests, this book specifically attempts to illuminate the communicative habits and expressive life-style of urban black Americans within the community setting. The volume consists of four sections: "Nonverbal Communication,""Vocabulary and Culture,""Expressive Uses of Language," and "Expressive Role B Behavior." Articles in the…
Descriptors: Black Community, Black Culture, Black Dialects, Blacks
Stanchfield, Jo M. – 1971
The effects of teaching prereading skills to kindergarteners on their reading readiness scores were investigated. Seventeen kindergartens providing a cross section of socioeconomic levels and representing different ethnic groups were selected. Each experimental school was then matched to a control school. In the experimental schools, six major…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Beginning Reading, Black Students, Ethnic Status
McGowan, Sister Jean Patricia – 1972
This study is designed to compare "traditional" and "immersion" methods of language instruction to determine whether the latter is a viable alternative in four-year, secondary-school language programs. Both methods are evaluated on the basis of student achievement in comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing skills in Spanish. The hypothesis…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Conventional Instruction, Educational Experiments, Educational Innovation
