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Download full textMurray, Dorothy Speicher – 1999
This collection of selected reminiscences of a volunteer teacher in the Pennsylvania prison system recounts her experiences teaching illiterate and near-illiterate prisoners (and others) how to read. The collection describes several different individuals (in and out of prison), their diverse reactions to reading, and their understanding and use of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Correctional Education
Alexander, Neville – 1999
This paper considers the concept of English as a global language in the context of South African educational policy. The paper first notes that the richer a country is the more possible it is for the rulers to take the social costs of language policy into account, i.e., the Netherlands and Canada can spend vast sums on different aspects of…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Colonialism, Developing Nations, Educational Policy
Mills, Jon – Online Submission, 2000
It has been understood for decades that language and thought are closely related. If one accepts that the thoughts that we construct are based upon the language that we speak and the words that we use, then it follows that the language that we speak influences the way that we think. It is necessary that we possess the words to describe objects,…
Descriptors: Indo European Languages, Language Role, Concept Formation, Linguistic Theory
Peer reviewedStoberski, Zygmunt – Babel: International Journal of Translation, 1972
Descriptors: Cultural Enrichment, International Organizations, Language Role, Literary Influences
Apelt, Walter – Deutsch als Fremdsprache, 1972
Descriptors: Language, Language Instruction, Language Role, Linguistics
Peer reviewedFrechette, Ernest A. – Classical Outlook, 1973
Surveys types of articles published in scholarly journals covering classical languages and literatures. (DS)
Descriptors: Classical Languages, Classical Literature, Instructional Materials, Language Instruction
Modern Languages, 1972
Report of a one-day conference held jointly by the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language and the Modern Language Association (Great Britain) on May 13, 1972, in London, England. (DS)
Descriptors: Conference Reports, English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Language Proficiency
Peer reviewedSampson, Geoffrey – Synthese, 1972
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Digital Computers, Human Development, Language Acquisition
Thogmartin, Clyde – Bulletin of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages, 1971
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Degree Requirements, Language Enrollment, Language Role
Peer reviewedMores, Kaye – ETC: A Review of General Semantics, 1972
Author's discussion is based on the following assumptions: (1) the greater the degree of correspondence between the student's language and his world, the greater are his chances for sanity and survival; and (2) creativity consists of seeing new relationships, forming new organizations, or building new cognitive structures. (Author/MB)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Creative Development, Creative Teaching, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Peer reviewedWalsh, Maurice N. – International Journal of Psycho-Analysis, 1971
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Behavior Patterns, Child Language, Human Development
Kalivoda, Theodore B. – American Foreign Language Teacher, 1972
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Skills, Language Role, Linguistic Performance
Peer reviewedKinnie, Ernest J.; Sternlof, Richard E. – Child Development, 1971
By nonintellective" are meant factors which are present in a test situation and which influence the test scores obtained but are not obviously related to the skills or knowledge ostensibly being measured by the test. (Authors)
Descriptors: Intelligence Differences, Intelligence Tests, Language Role, Performance Factors
Peer reviewedReinert, Harry – Modern Language Journal, 1972
Descriptors: Classical Languages, Educational Objectives, Language Enrollment, Language Role
Peer reviewedRivers, Wilga M. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1971
Keynote address at the joint meeting of the Ontario Modern Language Teachers' Association and the New York State Association of Foreign Language Teachers, Toronto, Canada, March 26, 1971. (DS)
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingualism, Degree Requirements, Language Role
