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Markoff, Annabelle M. – 1987
The paper describes the development of the "Test of Thought and Language" (Total) which is intended to allow first grade teachers to determine if students are ready for phonics instruction or if, for some students, the curriculum should first develop language concepts, structures and thinking processes. Background information for the…
Descriptors: Analogy, Auditory Perception, Cognitive Development, Dyslexia
Lightfoot, Martin, Ed.; Martin, Nancy, Ed. – 1988
Reflecting the influence of James Britton in the field of language and learning, this book--a collection of essays by researchers and practitioners in the area of language and learning--focuses on recent issues of language development in learning. The book contains the following 27 essays: (1) "Social Interaction as Scaffold: The Power and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, Foreign Countries, Language Acquisition
Kelley, Patrick M., Ed.; Samuels, Marilyn Schauer, Ed. – 1984
Articles in these proceedings of a conference of the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication represent the views of professional communicators and academicians who share a concern for providing breadth and quality of preparation for present and future technical communicators. The topics of the 19 papers include the…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Curriculum Evaluation, Education Work Relationship, Graduate Study
Gasser, Michael – 1986
A framework for describing relationships among the different linguistic systems in a bilingual or second language learner is proposed. The framework attempts to represent the ways in which knowledge of one language is used in integrating into memory new knowledge about another language. The model is partially implemented in a computer program that…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Computer Software, English, Grammar
Download full textNagy, William; Gentner, Dedre – 1987
A study focused on the nature and effect of constraints on the hypotheses that learners make about the meanings of words. Two experiments were conducted at a large midwestern university: the first, involving 68 undergraduate students divided randomly into two groups, tested taxonomic and durative constraints on nouns, and time of day and cessation…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Context Clues, Definitions, Higher Education
Angelis, Paul J.; Judd, Elliott – 1987
A discussion of the field of applied linguistics defines the scope of the discipline, outlines some of the regular publications and activities within it, and looks at four examples of its role in the field of education: language planning, refugee and immigrant issues, dialect issues, and varieties of English. It is emphasized that in these and…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, College Curriculum, Curriculum Design, Dialects
Niemi, Jussi, Ed.; Koivuselka-Sallinen, Paivi, Ed. – 1985
A collection of papers on neurolinguistics includes: "Communication Strategies in Aphasia" (Elisabeth Ahlsen); "Speech Planning in the Light of Stuttering" (Ann-Marie Alme); "L. S. Tsvetkova's Aphasia Rehabilitation Method and Its Applications" (Ritva Hanninen); "Semantic Aphasia and Luria's Neurolinguistic Model" (Birgitta Johnsen); "Aphasic…
Descriptors: Child Language, Clinical Diagnosis, Finnish, High Risk Students
Woods, Devon – 1984
An approach to writing in a college-level English as a second language (ESL) course is based on recent emphasis in research on the processes involved and strategies used in the various areas of human endeavor. Recent research in writing has indicated that effective and unfrustrated writers carry out the writing task in ways that are very different…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Class Activities, Cognitive Style, Course Content
Paulston, Christina Bratt – 1985
Discussions of the communicative approach to language teaching are often confusing because different definitions are ascribed to communicative competence in the teaching context. Its definition as the appropriate use of the sociocultural rules for language use in spontaneous interaction is preferred; this definition makes possible more precise…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Context, Definitions
Freedman, Aviva, Ed.; And Others – 1985
A collection of working papers examining the underlying principles of language teaching, learning, and research includes the following titles: "Some Notes on Krashen's Learned/Acquired Distinction" (Stan Jones); "How Teaching Writing Can Affect One's Own Writing Process" (Toni Miller); "Sentence Combining: Some Questions" (Aviva Freedman);…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Business Communication, Computer Oriented Programs, Intercultural Communication
Kies, Daniel – 1985
A discussion of what functional linguistic research can offer teachers of composition and English is presented in this paper, which provides examples of different levels of analysis (phonology, morphology, and syntax) for the language of a variety of populations (including traditional freshmen, basic writers, English as a second language (ESL)…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College English, English Instruction, English (Second Language)
Jeanneret, Rene, Ed. – 1987
A collection of papers on HECTOR, a communication aid for disabled persons without speech, includes: "La telethese de communication HECTOR" ("The Communication Aid HECTOR") (Rene Jeanneret); "Lorsque HECTOR rencontre un psycholinguiste experimentaliste...que se disent-ils?" ("When HECTOR Meets an Experimental…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Artificial Speech, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Communication Aids (for Disabled)
Darian, Steven – 1981
Differences in spoken and written English appear at every level of the language; there are differences in phonology, morphology, vocabulary, and syntax, as well as differences in acceptability levels. This study contains four sections and an inventory of contrasting forms. Section One deals with domains and modalities including those discourse…
Descriptors: Connected Discourse, Dialogs (Language), Discourse Analysis, Language Patterns
Leong, Che Kan – 1982
The research and practical questions about the internal lexicon, the associated network of internal representation basic to word meaning, boil down to whether in reading English the phonological route is obligatory or optional. Since the English writing system is morphophonemic, not phonetic, access to the internal lexicon cannot and should not…
Descriptors: Context Clues, Decoding (Reading), Discourse Analysis, Elementary Education
Informationszentrum fuer Fremdsprachenforschung, Marburg (West Germany). – 1982
This annotated bibliography on the teaching of modern foreign languages is the product of a West German information dissemination system that is similar to ERIC. The bibliography is published quarterly and lists items compiled in conjunction with the ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics as well as with a number of institutions all over…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Annotated Bibliographies, Audiovisual Aids, English (Second Language)
