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Download full textKatchen, Johanna E. – 1996
Two studies investigated what instructional issues may be involved when second-language television recordings with first-language subtitles are used in the second-language classroom. The experiments were conducted in an English-as-a-Second-Language class in advanced listening for native Chinese-speakers. In the first experiment, conducted at…
Descriptors: Advanced Students, Chinese, Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques
PDF pending restorationJohns-Lewis, Catherine – 1986
A study investigated differences in discourse styles that may affect second language listening comprehension. Ten amateur actors performed three speaking tasks: (1) reading aloud a short self-contained narrative; (2) acting out a memorized script; and (3) conversing with the researcher for 20-30 minutes. Excerpts of the recorded tasks in different…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Foreign Countries, Individual Differences, Instructional Materials
Hafner, Lawrence E. – 1991
A study developed a multiple regression prediction equation for each of six selected achievement variables in a popular standardized test of achievement. Subjects, 42 fourth-grade pupils randomly selected across several classes in a large elementary school in a north Florida city, were administered several standardized tests to determine predictor…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Intermediate Grades, Listening Skills, Multiple Regression Analysis
Brecht, Richard D.; And Others – 1991
A preliminary report on a long-term empirical investigation of advanced language acquisition in a study-abroad environment is presented. The project is based on an American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR) longitudinal study of the gains in Russian language competence demonstrated by American students in semester-long language programs in…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Immersion Programs, Language Acquisition
Katchen, Johanna E. – 1994
The transcript of a conference presentation describes, with audience activities, one college instructor's use of videotaped television broadcasts for English-as-a-Second-Language instruction in Taiwan. The method, intended primarily for developing listening skills, makes use of English-language satellite television now widely available. Students…
Descriptors: Broadcast Television, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language)
Decker, Carol; And Others – 1994
This instructor/lesson guide provides instructional materials for a 4-hour course in listening skills in the workplace. Stated objectives are to help students to become more effective listeners, to assist students in obtaining an understanding of how effective they are as listeners, and to assist students in identifying bad listening habits. Two…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Behavioral Objectives, Communication Skills, Instructional Materials
de Jong, John H. A. L.; Stoyanova, Fellyanka – 1994
A study of item response theory in language testing research investigated the influence of sample size on (1) the statistical test of data-model fit and (2) the invariance of parameter estimates. Data were drawn from a 1993 administration of the examination of Dutch as a second language to about a thousand candidates, using results from only the…
Descriptors: Dutch, Foreign Countries, Item Response Theory, Language Research
Khammash, Salma B. – 1988
A sample of 1,500 students in grades K-3 were selected from 80 Jordanian schools in a study of aural vocabulary scores. This study followed a pilot study in 1980 of an Arabic translation of the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test with Arabic-speaking children with limited English proficiency in the Dearborn, Michigan, public schools. The 1982…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Audiolingual Skills, Aural Learning, Children
Molek, Carol; Goss, Barbara – 1990
This document describes how an adult basic education (ABE) program in Pennsylvania conducted a study skills training course to teach 54 parents how to help their school-age children with their homework. Parents also participated in informal follow-up throughout the school year. Evaluation of the program showed that it was successful both from the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Assertiveness, Communication Skills, Curriculum Development
Edelnant, Vicki V. – 1980
An intermediate to junior high level activity packet presents learning activities for improving student outlining, notetaking, and listening skills. In part I, students gain experience in the use of complete sentences, phrases, and word outlines by outlining reports, arranging facts and details into logical order, and writing from outlines. Part…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Language Arts
Garber, Darrell H. – 1982
Reading, writing, and speaking/listening are integrated in this teacher-developed language arts curriculum guide designed for use in grades 7-12. English and reading for middle/junior high school students is designed to develop academic skills as well as to help students make adjustments to the physical and emotional changes they undergo. English…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Foreign Countries, Language Arts, Listening Skills
Reed, Linda – 1983
Prepared as part of a series applying recent research in oral and written communication to classroom practice, this booklet reviews a number of concepts and issues important to communication assessment. The first section of the booklet discusses several issues related to assessing communication at both district and classroom levels. Issues…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Communication Skills, Educational Assessment, Elementary Education
Edwards, Thomas O. – 1979
To determine the effects of race and dialect in communication effectiveness, a study integrated research in referential communication with work on standard and black English, creating three hypotheses: that decoding within-race or within-dialect would be more effective than decoding across race or dialect, that decoding within any dialect would be…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Communication Research, Communication Skills, Cultural Influences
Spicer, Karin-Leigh – 1988
This paper describes a communication course curriculum for students majoring in elementary education which has been used at Wright State University for 4 years. The paper presents an overview of the topics discussed in the course (topics chosen for their relevance and importance to successful classroom communication): (1) process of human…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Course Descriptions, Education Majors, Elementary Education
Walbaum, Sharlene D. – 1989
Three variables (verbal aptitude, listening ability, and notetaking) that may mediate how much college students learn from a lecture were studied. Verbal aptitude was operationalized as a Verbal Scholastic Aptitude Test (VSAT) score. Listening ability was measured as the score on an auditory short-term memory task, using the serial running memory…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, College Students, Cues, Encoding (Psychology)
