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Peer reviewedDuckworth, Eleanor – Urban Review, 1976
Article reviews Piaget's views on language and explains why he is not more concerned with this than he is. (AM)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Communication Skills
Download full textShigemoto, Joan – 1997
While societies and their languages continually change in response to internal and external circumstances, there are proactive measures that can be implemented to either maintain the particular direction in which that language is moving or to reverse it. Parents and educators can effectuate positive change, individually and collectively. Some…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Maintenance, Language Planning
Wilkinson, Roy – 1992
This book traces the development of speech from a time when the spiritual roots of words were still experienced, down to the present day when words are in danger of being little else than 'bits' of information. The book illustrates the origins of everyday words and names and traces the use of words through history. It shows how certain sounds…
Descriptors: Language, Language Research, Language Role, Language Skills
Gill, Jerry H. – 1997
This book relates several case studies of language acquisition--for example, chimpanzees "learning" to speak at a higher level than so-called 'wolf' children and a father and mother who, against the advice of professionals, force their way into the closed world of an autistic son--to examine the threshold of language, that point…
Descriptors: Autism, Case Studies, Cultural Context, Language Acquisition
Cusack, Margaret S. – 2001
This book is a discussion of teaching as learning--rooted in the author's personal history as a teacher and learner, and offered as one story among many to help other teachers ask questions about their own practice. The book is not intended to be a manual or a step-by-step guide for use in the classroom. Instead, it emphasizes the triumphs that…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Journal Writing, Language Role
Khubchandani, Lachman M. – Indian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 1998
Issues in the study of bilingualism and multilingualism in India and Pakistan are examined, including the delineation of linguistic boundaries, defining a society that is multicultural and yet has developed a "communication ethos" based on a core of common experience, the difficulty in interpreting language role and defining language…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Diachronic Linguistics, Educational History, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedReyes, Donald J. – Contemporary Education, 1974
The author urges that American educators abandon the "melting pot" and "cold turkey" philosophies of the past and accept the notion of cultural pluralism and democratic education as their new creed. (HMD)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Cultural Influences, Cultural Pluralism
Peer reviewedGrassby, A. J. – Babel, 1973
Paper presented at the State Conference of the Modern Language Teachers' Association of Queensland, Australia, August 1973. (HW)
Descriptors: Cultural Interrelationships, Educational Change, Language Instruction, Language Role
Peer reviewedSmith, Holly – English Journal, 1973
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Dialect Studies, Language Role, Nonstandard Dialects
Chiu, Rosaline K. – RELC Journal, 1973
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Descriptive Linguistics, English, Language Role
Oevermann, Ulrich – Linguistik und Didaktik, 1971
Descriptors: Family Influence, Language Patterns, Language Role, Language Usage
Peer reviewedKosciusko-Morizet, Jacques – French Review, 1973
Paper delivered at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Teachers of French, December 29, 1972, New York, New York. (DS)
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Cultural Context, Culture, French
Domengeaux, Jacques – Revue de Louisiane/Louisiana Review, 1972
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Cultural Opportunities, Educational Policy
Itzcovich, Susana R. – Yelmo, 1973
Conclusion of a two-part article on juvenile literature. (DS)
Descriptors: Books, Children, Childrens Literature, Early Childhood Education
Junco, Alfonso; And Others – Yelmo, 1973
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Hispanic American Literature, Language Patterns, Language Role
