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Download full textNational Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL. – 1983
Representing fresh, useful ideas for teaching English gathered at several annual conventions of the National Council of Teachers of English, the 11 chapters of this book contain 200 activities in the following categories: (1) getting ready to write; (2) expressive writing, including autobiographical and journal writing; (3) informative writing,…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Techniques, Creative Writing, English Instruction
Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC. Center for Language Education and Research. – 1989
This 45-item annotated bibliography is composed of materials for teaching English as a second language (ESL) at the elementary or secondary levels. For each of the entries, the following information is indicated: target language, educational level, material type, content area, title, date of publication, author/developer, publisher and…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Bibliographic Records, Curriculum Guides, Elementary Education
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1987
The Children's Art Carnival (CAC) Creative Reading Program combines instruction in reading with art activities, as well as providing the services of a social worker and psychological externs. Operating in sites in Manhattan and Queens, New York, the program served 319 second to sixth grade students during the 1985-86 school year. Students who…
Descriptors: Art Education, Childhood Attitudes, Childrens Art, Disadvantaged Youth
Shishin, Alex – 1986
Composition instruction in Japan's two-year colleges must build on the English learned in earlier education and undo the problems created by the grammar-translation method. In addition, it must often develop creativity and critical-thinking skills not commonly taught in the Japanese educational system. One teacher's approach is to stress…
Descriptors: Classification, Classroom Techniques, College English, College Freshmen
Gomez, Sara C. – 1984
This collection of competency statements deals with the English-as-a-second-language (ESL) skills that vocational students should master before entering the world of work. Addressed in the individual sections of the volume are the following topics: specific occupational terminology, safety language, on-the-job language, job-seeking language,…
Descriptors: Basic Vocabulary, Behavioral Objectives, Body Language, Business English
Bergdahl, David, Ed. – FOCUS: Teaching English Language Arts, 1983
The 28 essays in this journal issue focus on methodology, interpretation, and classroom application of research in the language arts. Following a preface on the role of research in English instruction, the topics discussed include the following: (1) a research base for a large-scale evaluation of writing; (2) implications of teaching writing as…
Descriptors: Cerebral Dominance, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Bennett, Ruth, Ed. – 1987
Lessons used in a Hupa bilingual class during the 1986-87 academic year are compiled in this manual, which was generated cooperatively by the Hupa teachers. The lessons are arranged in a progression from easier to harder and cover vocabulary, conversations, verbs, holidays, and stories. The first two chapters present basic vocabulary terms for…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Languages, American Indian Literature
Clark, Eve V., Ed.; Holden, Gary, Ed. – 1987
Presented is a collection of 14 conference papers on various aspects of child language acquisition. Papers and authors include: "Language and Psychological Development" (Jean Berko Gleason); "Regression in the Phonological Development of Two Children" (Ken M. Bleile, J. Bruce Tomblin); "Children's Acquisition of the…
Descriptors: Adverbs, American Sign Language, Child Language, Chinese
Stanford Univ., CA. Dept. of Linguistics. – 1986
Papers on child language development include: "Sentence Frame Effects on Children's Category Judgments" (Alison K. Adams); "Color Similarity in Children's Classifications and Extension of Object Labels" (Dare Baldwin); "Situational Properties of Early Verb Meaning" (Pol Cuvelier); "Similarity, Specificity, and…
Descriptors: Child Language, Classification, Color, Comparative Analysis
Wadsworth, M. E. J. – 1985
This study assesses the feasibility of predicting children's verbal attainment scores by examining mothers' education and parenting styles and children's experience of preschool. Data are derived from a group of 5,362 children born in England, Wales, and Scotland in March of 1946. The parenting styles have been studied from the time the parents'…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Early Experience, Educational Status Comparison, Foreign Countries
Boon, Rebecca; And Others – 1987
A guide to designing a curriculum in English as a second language (ESL) for adult, preliterate, limited-English-speaking refugees gives some general suggestions for teaching this group and outlines curricula for three levels of proficiency. Each lesson lists specific objectives, functions, activities, topics, expressions, structures, resources,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Behavioral Objectives, Class Activities, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Bishop, David – 1982
Intended to help middle school teachers in all subject areas reeducate themselves to teach reading in the content areas, this booklet offers teacher made and tested techniques for reading, examples on vocabulary development, and discussion of different reading techniques, all designed to help students make a smooth transition from primary grade…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Experiential Learning, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Strauber, Sandra K. – 1982
Practical procedures for individualizing instruction for foreign language and English as a second language students are suggested. It is suggested that concrete, high-interest activities can provide meaningful language practice for small groups, as can traditional exercises redesigned for individual or small-group work. The concrete activities…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Education
Voght, Geoffrey M. – 1982
The commercial Spanish courses at Eastern Michigan University, examinations in commercial Spanish, and cooperative education exchange programs are described, and the university's new programs that combine the study of foreign language and business are briefly addressed. A six-course sequence offered on the junior, senior, and graduate levels cover…
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, Business Administration Education, Business Communication, College Second Language Programs
Stanyar, Angela – 1985
This vocational instructional module on safe driving and road signs is one of eight such modules designed to assist recently arrived Arab students, limited in English proficiency (LEP), in critical instructional areas in a comprehensive high school. Goal stated for this module is for the student preparing for driver's education to recognize,…
Descriptors: Arabic, Behavioral Objectives, Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingual Instructional Materials
