GRADES OR AGES: Elementary. SUBJECT MATTER: Language arts. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: There are three main sections: 1) listening and speaking; 2) written language, with subsections on composition, handwriting, and spelling; and 3) reading, with a subsection on literature. There is also a brief glossary and a list of phonetic aids for…

THE RESEARCH CONTAINED IN THIS REPORT INCLUDED TWO STUDIES--(1) OPERANT PREFERENCE FOR RATE OF NARRATION AND (2) ORAL READING, SILENT READING, AND SPEAKING RATES. THE FIRST STUDY WAS BASED ON A DOCTORAL DISSERTATION FOR WHICH OPERANT-CONDITIONING TECHNIQUES AND CONJUGATE REINFORCEMENT WERE APPLIED IN RECORDING PREFERENCES FOR NARRATIVE RATE. THE…

Successful psychotherapy is characterized by a sense of vital intensity and personal intimacy between client and therapist. Current theory and research have left this level of interpersonal contact untouched. The hypothesis is advanced that the intensity and intimacy of interpersonal contact supplies the motivation which allows the patient to make…

Reports on the methods used in utilizing broadcasts of the British Forces Broadcasting Service in teaching English as a foreign language. (IFS/WGA)

Few students know how to direct and sustain the type of listening essential both in school and daily life. Since success in school is closely related to understanding oral directions and spoken information, listening skills are crucial for each student's education. Here are some ideas designed to develop listening skills. (Author/RK)

In an earlier article (AA 528 071), the author described how kindergarten through second-grade students can create improvisations based on selected poems, stories or books. This article takes improvisation one step and a few grades further by showing how third through sixth graders can structure entirely "original" stories, characters and plots.…

The article describes the "Arrow" (Aural-Read-Respond-Oral-Written) approach for improving listening and speaking skills in hearing impaired children. (CL)

Discusses the relationship between reading and listening skills; cites five factors that can have a negative effect on this relationship. (MAI)

The results of two experiments indicate that the two phonological properties of a word, its initial phoneme and length, strongly influence the latency to detect a target phoneme which begins the following word. Studies showing increased detection latencies following ambiguity are analyzed. (SW)

The course described in this paper aims to assist the Jamaican child to develop his basic language skills of speaking, listening, reading, and writing, based on an awareness and a respect for the child's personal language and linguistic heritage. (Author/AM)

This research study demonstrated that using a wireless system makes it possible to use the neurological impress method successfully with several students at a time. (MKM)

The teacher's empathetic responses to the student, his unconditional acceptance of the student, and his genuine relationship with the student are important elements in helping students who present academic and behavioral problems. (NQ)

Describes studies of voice onset time in Spanish and an acoustic feature termed presence versus absence of an abrupt consonant onset. It is suggested that this feature may be used by the Spanish listener in making a perceptual distinction between voiced and voiceless stop consonants in multiple environments. (Author/KM)

Sentence comprehension was examined as a function of speaking rate, sentence difficulty, and listener age and sex. Subjects were 360 normal children aged 5-9. (BRT)