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Yale Univ., New Haven, CT. Graduate School. – 1970
Four speeches illustrating important principles in the teaching of English are collected in this booklet: (1) "The Teaching of Writing as Art" by William E. Coles, Jr., who, in posing ambiguous, provocative questions as writing assignments, compels the student to explore language in its relationship to his experience and his persona; (2)…
Descriptors: Classical Literature, College Instruction, Comedy, Drama
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Scott, Charles T. – The Modern Language Journal, 1966
Linguistic features of the reading process are described and used as a basis for some conclusions about the teaching of reading in a foreign language. For purposes of illustration, this discussion centers around the teaching of English reading skills to speakers of Japanese. The peculiarities of reading as a system of communication are outlined.…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Communication (Thought Transfer), English (Second Language), Language Instruction
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Francis, W. Nelson – College Composition and Communication, 1964
The importance of improving English instructors' attitudes toward three broadly classified forms of language expression is examined. The author notes an increased interest in languages among college freshmen and defines the differences between (1) artistic, (2) playful, and (3) intellectual expression. Pressure resulting from advanced teaching…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Faculty, College Instruction, College Preparation
Sheldon, William D.; And Others – 1969
This collection of research reviews summarizes investigations in the English language arts on the elementary and secondary levels. The 76 elementary education research studies discussed were drawn from 55 journals, from January 1968 to December 1968, and are grouped in the following areas: summaries and listings of research, language, oral…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Bibliographies, Elementary Education
Rothkopf, Ernst Z., Ed.; Johnson, Paul E., Ed. – 1971
The symposium on which this report is based was motivated by the belief that scientific understanding of how man learns through language will some day help in the development and use of written instructional materials. The main purpose of the symposium was to take stock of the more promising findings and concepts about verbal learning processes in…
Descriptors: Attention, Beliefs, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Dyson, Anne Haas – Language Arts, 1987
Presents brief stories of two students that illustrate how children's symbolic interactions and social relationships (how they interact with materials and people) influence their ways of gaining control over the interrelated parts of written language, and how these "casts of mind" may eventually emerge more fully within their stories.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Development, Communication Skills, Interpersonal Competence
Andersen, Poul – 1995
This paper outlines trends and activities in Central and Eastern European language research and language-related software development (language engineering) and briefly describes some specific projects. The language engineering segment of the European Union's Fourth Framework Programme, intended to facilitate use of telematics applications and…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Computational Linguistics, Computer Software, Computer Software Development
Fillmore, Lily Wong; Snow, Catherine E. – 2000
Today's teachers need access to a wide range of information to function in the classroom. They need a thorough understanding of how language figures in education, and for that reason they must receive systematic and intensive preparation in educational linguistics. A thorough grounding in linguistics would support teachers' undertakings overall,…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Cultural Pluralism, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Meriam, J. L. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1938
The educational welfare of children of native and minority groups in continental United States and its outlying parts involves instructional procedures which in recent years are becoming more and more recognized as constituting specialized problems in education. Bilingualism is generally recognized as offering serious instructional difficulties…
Descriptors: Minority Groups, Bilingualism, Mexican Americans, English (Second Language)
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Zepeda, Ofelia – Bilingual Research Journal, 1995
Describes the O'odham language and oral tradition of the Tohono O'odham Indians of southern Arizona, relating it to the development of O'odham children's English literacy. Oral tradition and school literacy constitute opposite ends of a literacy continuum, in which English literacy is often isolated from and in conflict with O'odham literacy. (10…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Languages, American Indians, Bilingual Education
Kupferberg, Irit – English Teachers' Journal (Israel), 1991
Writing instruction in Israeli high schools is discussed based on classroom observation and practices. Meetings between English teachers and teacher trainers specializing in foreign language writing focused on techniques such as prewriting, dialogue journals, revision, and peer correction. (16 references) (LB)
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Dialog Journals, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Allison, Desmond; And Others – 1994
This study of second language learning investigated the effects of a written reading comprehension exercise and an oral discussion activity as alternative tasks mediating between a written text and learners' summaries of the text. Subjects were 80 University of Hong Kong freshmen, randomly assigned to three groups. Each group was provided a…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes, College Freshmen
Dicks, Joseph E. – 1995
Questioning the notion of a sensitive period for second language acquisition, this research examined students' interlanguage development in selected classes at two grades in early, middle, and late French immersion. These classes were administered the same verb tense tests: an oral elicited imitation test and written rational cloze test. Analysis…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cloze Procedure, College Students, Data Analysis
Huntley, Helen S. – 1992
The emerging field of literacy education for speakers of English as a Second Language (ESL) is examined. First, four general goals of ESL literacy education are outlined: practical reading/writing skills; reading skills for building further learning; second language training when needed; and orientation to print as a source of meaning. Four kinds…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Educational Objectives, Educational Strategies, Educational Theories
Riviere, Adrienne – 1996
This monograph briefly describes a sampling of tools and technologies that can be used by adults with learning disabilities to improve their functional capabilities in employment, educational, or personal settings. Stressed is the importance of evaluating each technology in terms of the individual's unique profile, the function to be performed,…
Descriptors: Adults, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Communication Aids (for Disabled), Computer Oriented Programs
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