Independent listening activities using standard audiovisual equipment with an emphasis on discrimination, recognition, and comprehension tasks were developed for 14 deaf students (14 to 16 years old) in speech class. (CL)

A humorous checklist of junior high school teaching experiences relates chronic incidences of student inattention. (LH)

Explores sensory experiences, both real and imagined, that occur while reading. (MKM)

Offers a selection of ten CIJE and 14 RIE entries into the ERIC data base in l978 on speech communication competence. Particular attention is paid to documents relating speaking and listening to the larger family of communicative competencies. (JMF)

Effective communication is a two-way process. Educators must be willing to listen to parents and create convenient, comfortable avenues and forums. A Missouri school reversed the usual parent-teacher conference format, allowing parents to lead discussions about their children's strengths and weaknesses. Parents enjoyed this format, and teachers…

Explains the importance of listening to the learner and why it is probably the most active work any learner is called upon to do. Also provides suggestions for the student in how to become a better listener in the classroom and in the lecture hall. (GR)

This study of 11 listeners with sensorineural hearing loss examined the ability to separate simultaneous spoken sentences of speakers of different gender and the ability to separate pitch patterns in a sequential stream segregation task. Results suggest that the importance of streaming in the perceptual separation of speakers may depend on the…

Examines the relationship between listening style preference and jurors' assignment of negligence and damages. Notes that 90 men and 84 women drawn from introductory communication courses viewed videotaped attorney presentations and the judge's instructions from an actual court case. Indicates that participants with a people-oriented listening…

Using popular theatre techniques of naming, analyzing, and acting on problems and working creatively with conflict, a group of women created opportunities for high-risk story telling and deep listening. The role of the audience was transformed from spectator to responsible and responsive participant. (Contains 27 references.) (SK)

Studies the relationship between decoding and comprehension in the oral and written modalities. Shows that poor decoders scored lower than average and good decoders on all comprehension tasks. Suggests a high degree of interdependence between listening comprehension, reading comprehension and decoding. Interprets results in favor of the…

Speech recognition was measured in four listeners with normal hearing and in eight listeners with sensorineural hearing loss under conditions that simulated hearing aid processing in a low-pass and speech-shaped background noise. Results showed an improvement in speech recognition with low-frequency gain reduction in the low-pass noise. (Author/CR)

Six core profiles were identified on four fluid reasoning to comprehension knowledge constructs previously found to be both theoretically and empirically linked to children's reading acquisition: auditory processing, crystallized ability, processing speed, and short-term memory. Cluster analysis was used to develop this taxonomy and the…

Questions asked by elementary students in response to narrative texts were coded by university and elementary teachers. The coding schedule was consistently applied. The community of inquiry approach helped develop students' critical analysis skills. Careful selection of texts was recommended for successful use of the approach. (Contains 23…

Notes that in rehearsals and performances, a jumble of silences are encountered. Discusses silence in the following situations: as frustration; as imposition; as invisibility; as power; as pleasure; as safety; as humility; as necessity; and as potential. Contends that when dramaturgs enter into conversation and break silence, they must carefully…

Investigates the interaction between lexical knowledge and listening comprehension in a second language. Examines how 59 Japanese university students of low-intermediate to advanced English ability were tested using first-language recall protocols as comprehension measures. Concludes that efficient listening strategies may make comprehending…