THE OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY WERE--(1) TO DISCOVER VARIATIONS IN LANGUAGE ACHIEVEMENTS OF CHILDREN AT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF MENTAL RETARDATION, (2) TO DISCOVER "OPEN CHANNELS" FOR CURRENT EDUCATION OF THESE CHILDREN, (3) TO CHART THE FREQUENCY OF SPECIFIC DIFFICULTIES IN THE INTAKE AND OUTPUT IDEAS THROUGH LANGUAGE, AND (4) TO IDENTIFY…

THIS STUDY INVESTIGATED THE EFFECT OF CERTAIN ORAL-AURAL-VISUAL (OAV) STIMULI PROCEDURES ON DEVELOPMENT OF ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITTEN COMPOSITION (AND OTHER ENGLISH SKILLS) OF NINTH-GRADE STUDENTS IN BURRIS LABORATORY SCHOOL, BALL STATE UNIVERSITY. THE STUDY WAS BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE PROFICIENT WRITER SAYS AND HEARS AT A SUB-VOCAL LEVEL…

A VARIETY OF READING MATERIALS AND METHODS WERE DEVELOPED TO DETERMINE THEIR EFFECT ON THE READING ACHIEVEMENT OF FIRST GRADERS. MATERIALS DEVELOPED INCLUDED READING READINESS MANUALS, PRIMER TEXTS AND MANUALS, AND LISTENING TAPES. THE FIRST-GRADE PUPILS IN 10 LOS ANGELES SCHOOLS SERVED AS SUBJECTS. THEY WERE MATCHED WITH A CONTROL GROUP ON…

HONEYWELL USED AN AUDIO-PROGRAMED COURSE IN LISTENING SKILLS, CONSISTING OF A SERIES OF TAPED STATEMENTS OF VARYING LENGTH AND COMPLEXITY, WITH CONSIDERABLE NOISE, AND THE TRAINEE MADE A WRITTEN OR ORAL RESPONSE. IT TOOK 2.5 TO 3 HOURS TO COMPLETE, PLUS AN ADDITIONAL 1/2 HOUR FOR PRE- AND POST-TESTING. THE FIRST GROUP SHOWED TWOFOLD TO THREEFOLD…

DESIGNED FOR STUDENT AND PRACTICING SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS AND AUDIOLOGISTS, THIS BOOK DISCUSSES THE HISTORY OF AUDITORY TRAINING, PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH HEARING LOSS, THE DEVELOPMENT OF ORAL LANGUAGE, BASIC CONCEPTS OF AUDITORY PERCEPTION, AND SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF AUDITORY TRAINING. SUCH ASPECTS INCLUDE--(1) FACTORS RELATING TO AUDITORY TRAINING,…

This guide provides educators with descriptions of specific techniques for teaching skills in reading, writing, listening, and literature; suggestions for planning a year's work; and models for changing a curriculum in the language arts. Specific topics discussed in the eight sections of the guide are: (1) the process of changing the curriculum;…

The nature of the listening and speaking instruments used for the Massachusetts assessment of those skills is discussed in this paper. Information concerning the design and administration of the assessment and data analysis is included. Copies of the instruments are appended. (FL)

Noting the growing number of foreign students in colleges in the United States, this paper argues that communication educators should devote more discussion to the development of oral proficiency in those students. This paper (1) discusses the significance of the problem facing educators and foreign students, (2) examines the language training of…

Dictations are not sufficient as exercises for developing listening comprehension skills. Other techniques and exercises which have been used in English for Special Purposes classes include practice in note taking, cloze-testing on lectures, mock formal interviews and informal conversations, and discourse analyses of sample lectures. Such analyses…

One-half-page resumes of a variety of tests applicable to secondary level bilingual education have been compiled here. The following areas are covered, with the number of tests in each area in parentheses: multiple skills (5), writing (2), listening and speaking (5), grammar (4), reading (2), aptitude (3), occupational interest (4), general…

This study sought to test the validity of the claim that certain Swedish and corresponding English vowel phonemes are indistinguishable when presented in a test containing isolated minimally contrastive words. It also sought to find a hierarchy of perceptual differences between Swedish and English phonemes. A series of 40 pairs of monosyllabic…

University students were the subjects of three experiments designed to determine the usefulness of elliptic speech in investigating the perception of the phonological structure of continuous speech. Five naturally spoken and five synthesized paragraphs were recorded in two different randomizations of phonological distortions and at two different…

This diagnostic instrument was developed for use with non-English-speakinq adult students. Four tests measure listening comprehension and oral proficiency at four levels of English proficiency. The Level One test assesses the student's ability to identify specific vocabulary items; no oral response is necessary. Survival vocabulary and the ability…

Although English teachers must spend 40 to 60% of their teaching time in developing the listening, composition, reading, and speech skills of their students, most college English programs allow only 8% of the professional course time for teacher preparation in these skill areas. Even in those colleges that offer a language arts major, the majority…

This bibliography includes materials for educators who are concerned with assessment of basic speaking and listening skills and is categorized as follows: (1) speech rating scales; (2) listening; (3) functional communication; (4) bilingual education; (5) reviews of tests and instruments; (6) materials on practices in states and local districts;…