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Gage, Al, Ed.; And Others – 1981
This booklet presents numerous classroom-tested ideas for learning activities and games to be used in the foreign language class. The ideas for the activities were contributed by teachers in Oklahoma. The games are presented in five sections on the analogy of a football game: (1) "Formations" contains ideas for bulletin board exhibits and…
Descriptors: Bulletin Boards, Class Activities, Educational Games, Elementary Secondary Education
Jungwirth, Martha, Ed.; And Others – 1977
Designed for use by local schools in developing language arts programs, this guide presents a sequence of skill development for each of four areas of interest: listening, speaking, writing, and reading. The first part of the guide relates the principles of building a language arts program, discusses the development of communication skills, and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials
Jones, Randall L. – 1977
Language testing must be an integral component of any foreign language program. It should relate closely to the objectives of the program so that students are tested on what they practice in the classroom. Although language testing during the past few decades has been concerned primarily with measuring only linguistic knowledge, more consideration…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Language Instruction, Language Proficiency, Language Skills
Download full textAsher, Steven R. – 1978
In a consideration of the development of referential communication performance, this paper describes three broad capacities that appear to underlie successful performance: the speaker's ability to analyze the persepective of the listener and formulate a message with this perspective in mind, the child's ability to meet the information processing…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Washington, DC. – 1978
The first in a series of four, this report describes part of a national study commissioned by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to investigate audience awareness of public radio, reaction to on-air fund raising and programing on public radio, and audience reactions to on-air fund raising by public television stations. Specifically, this…
Descriptors: Audiences, Demography, Educational Radio, Financial Support
Richter, Margaret; Santeusanio, Richard P. – 1979
A college survival skills course, designed to help college-bound high school seniors develop an efficient, organized approach to college reading and study skills, is described in this paper. After outlining the steps taken in developing and promoting the course, the paper notes favorable reactions to it, lists the course textbooks, and describes…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Preparation, Course Content, Course Descriptions
BENNETT, CLAYTON L.; KENDRICK, WILLIAM M. – 1967
TEACHERS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, TESTED THE RELATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF AN EXPERIENCE APPROACH (EA) AND THE TRADITIONAL METHOD (TM) APPROACH TO THE TEACHING OF LANGUAGE ARTS AT THE SECOND-GRADE LEVEL, CONTINUING A STUDY BEGUN WITH THE SAME PUPILS IN FIRST GRADE THE PREVIOUS YEAR. GOALS OF THE PROJECT WERE TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE RELATIVE…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Grade 2, Language Arts, Listening
KELLOGG, RALPH EDWARD – 1966
A FIRST-GRADE LISTENING SKILLS PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED TO BE TAUGHT AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE LANGUAGE ARTS PROGRAM AND TO IMPROVE ACHIEVEMENT IN LISTENING AND READING. THE COMPONENTS AND GUIDELINES FOR THE EXPERIMENT ARE SPECIFIED. THIRTY-THREE CLASSROOMS IN 22 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY PARTICIPATED. THE TREATMENT GROUPS WERE A…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Grade 1, Instructional Materials, Language Arts
LANE, HARLAN; AND OTHERS – 1963
TEN EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSES RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF SPEECH PRODUCTION AND PERCEPTION WERE REPORTED. THE ANALYSES WERE CONCERNED WITH THE DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS OF STIMULI AND REINFORCEMENTS ON SPEECH PRODUCTION AND THE DISCRIMINATORY PERCEPTION OF SPEECH. INITIAL SPECIFICATIONS WERE INCLUDED FOR A SPEECH AUTOINSTRUCTION DEVICE TO BE USED FOR…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Autoinstructional Aids, Communication Skills, Language Research
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. Bureau of Research and Assessment. – 1980
This report documents the Massachusetts Statewide Assessment of Basic Skills in speaking and listening that was conducted during the 1979-80 school year. The four chapters of the report provide information about (1) the survey design and methodology, (2) the performance of twelfth grade students in listening, (3) the results of two measures of…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Research, Evaluation Methods, Grade 12
Lipscomb, Delores – 1980
A variety of components that operate in tutoring writing are examined in this paper. Discussed are (1) the importance of the tutor's language, tone of voice, and verbal interaction with the students; (2) active listening techniques; (3) establishing an atmosphere of trust and acceptance; (4) helping students develop a framework for understanding…
Descriptors: Credibility, Higher Education, Individual Instruction, Listening Skills
Hester, Hilary, Comp.; And Others – 1977
An annotated bibliography for English as a second language teachers is divided into five main sections: (1) general resources for teachers; (2) courses devised for second language teaching and foreign language teaching; (3) the development of listening and speaking skills; (4) the development of reading skills; and (5) the development of writing…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Instructional Materials
Elsass, Raymond; And Others – 1973
A resource kit for the teaching of French at the intermediate level is represented by a teacher's guide. The aim of this module is to make the elementary or secondary school student of French familiar with terminology used in French radio broadcasts, and especially in weather reports. The guide offers suggested classroom activities. Instructions…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Communications, Elementary Secondary Education, French, Instructional Materials
Wheeler, Valerie – 1979
Research evidence currently indicates that young children's communication skills for both the speaker and the listener roles are often ineffective. The accuracy of children's communication improves gradually over the elementary school years. Current thinking in the area of metacognition may be very useful in understanding the development of…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Development, Communication Skills, Comprehension
Washton, Andrew D. – 1978
Designed to stimulate reluctant writers in grades five through eight, these 40 uncompleted stories were written by a teacher who has used them with success in the classroom. The stories are arranged by length and complexity, and topics range from tales of childhood experiences to accounts of history, nature, and science fiction. A section…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Expository Writing, Imagination, Intermediate Grades
