Presents a summary of practical experiences with oral reading in a format that gives insights into why listening to children read empathetically is important. Offers guidelines on how to organize and use such a process. (FL)

Elements of context, which include the individual perspectives and expectations of individuals, are discussed in this article. Transcribed discussions of young adults in professional training are used to illustrate various group discussion skills. Implications for language learning are stated. (DF)

Discusses an approach to teaching Russian which addresses the problem from the perspective of the reader or listener. Students are taught first to identify the nuclear construction of sentences--the subject and predicate--and then to isolate the remaining noun phrases and relate them with one of the two core elements. (SED)

Describes a voice-recognition device which can be used as a complement to computer-assisted language instruction, specifically for students in their first two years of German study. This technology provides the advantage of immediate feedback for the students, regarding their speaking and listening skills--something that has not been possible in…

Thirty academically achieving and 30 learning-disabled adolescents were examined on a battery of auditory language comprehension tests. Results indicated that 73 percent of the learning-disabled group scored lower than all of the control Ss on one or more of these tests. The importance of identifying auditory comprehension defects in the…

Teachers do not have to be musicians to help their students learn basic musical concepts. Activities are suggested that provide experiences with visualizing sounds, conducting, performing, and composing. These lessons can start a foundation on which to build more formal studies. (DF)

Audio instructional materials tend to be overlooked but are important in strengthening listening skills. They are also less expensive. Provides references for audio material catalogs and books to help develop listening skills. (MD)

Discusses some of the caveats of computer-assisted teaching of foreign languages raised in David Wyatt's paper, "Computer-Assisted Teaching and Testing of Reading and Listening." These include the limited ability of the computer to display text. Questions if the benefits of computer-assisted instruction justify the time, energy, and…

Reports on a procedure devised to train students in efficient reading comprehension strategies by using a standard exercise which can be applied to any reading text. Explains the purpose of each question and students' reactions to it. Comments on text selection and suggests that much of the technique could apply to listening comprehension. (EKN)

In light of (1983) World Communications Year, author suggests that international broadcasting is an underrated and neglected technology in modern language teaching/learning. Transmissions of this type offers a wide range of learning possibilities, not only for language teachers and the more advanced learners, but also for those needing to use…

The NCEA's National Conference of Directors of Religious Education met at the Franciscan Renewal Center in Scottsdale, Arizona and pondered the theory and practice of prayer and its implications for education today. (Author/RK)

This study focuses on a particular listening pattern in Japanese which occurs by overlapping with the current speaker's incrementing utterance. Applying the Conversational Analysis approach to conversational data, the study delineates how native speakers utilize overlapping listener responses to indicate their strong alignment, and why learners of…

The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of read alouds on eighteen second graders' vocabulary acquisition and comprehension when listening to stories with and without companion texts. Following each reading session, the students were required to complete a 100 word cloze comprehension test, as well as a brief vocabulary test based on…

This document represents a compilation of newspaper articles analyzing information shared by the Secret Service concerning 37 school shootings. The findings are presented to educate parents and teachers concerning what has been learned about violent students. It was determined that there is no profile of a typical youth who kills. The shooter is…