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Cicardo, Barbara J. – 1977
The basic outline for a 16 sentence structured essay is a pattern that helps remedial writing students to improve their writing skills and that can be applied in the basic speech course and the remedial reading program as well. This document presents introductory comments about grading procedures for student essays based on the model and a…
Descriptors: Connected Discourse, Content Area Reading, Expository Writing, Higher Education
Download full textOller, John W., Jr.; Hinofotis, Frances Butler – 1976
Two hypotheses proposed to explain the variance in second language tests are investigated. Hypothesis 1 (H1) claims that language skill is separable into components either related to linguistically defined categories (e.g., listening, speaking, reading, and writing). Another possibility (H2) is that second language ability may be a more unitary…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, College Students, English (Second Language), Foreign Students
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1981
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 26 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) a structured and an unstructured approach to kindergarten instruction and their effects on reading readiness for the first grade; (2) effects of exposure to…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Beginning Reading, Cognitive Processes, Doctoral Dissertations
Cronnell, Bruce, Ed. – 1981
The conference reported here addressed the differences in learning writing among students who do not speak standard American English. In "Introduction to Black English," Robert Berdan notes the variability of Black dialect. Maryellen Garcia discusses the range of language abilities inherent in "Spanish-English Bilingualism in the…
Descriptors: American Indians, Bilingualism, Black Dialects, Blacks
Prater, Doris – 1982
A study was conducted to compare the writing performance of tenth grade students across three modes of discourse. Subjects were 80 students who had been classified as "masters" or "nonmasters" of writing based on their scores on the writing section of the Texas Assessment of Basic Skills. The students were assigned three…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Descriptive Writing, Evaluation Methods, Expository Writing
David, Carol; Stine, Donna – 1981
A study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of a 5-hour- on-the-job writing course compared to a 30-hour college business communication course. The short business English refresher course focused on grammar, punctuation, and spelling; audience analysis; and direct, negative, and persuasive letters and memos. The college course focused on…
Descriptors: Adults, Business Correspondence, Business English, College Curriculum
Caputo, John S. – 1982
Based on a five month participant-observation study of two schools, this paper describes the organization and curriculum of English primary schools, with an emphasis upon strategies and materials used in developing linguistic competence in school children. The report describes the organization, curriculum, and development of communication…
Descriptors: Child Language, Communication Skills, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Development
Freedman, Aviva; Pringle, Ian – 1980
Prepared as part of a project designed to provide an objectively measured indication of the quality of student writing in one school district, this paper examines argumentative and narrative essays written by students at the fifth, eighth, and twelfth grade levels. The first section of the paper discusses the primary analysis of student writing…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Expository Writing, Grade 12
Gibbs, Vanita M., Comp.; Pabst, Robert L., Comp. – 1982
One of a series of publications on selected aspects of reading curriculum development, this monograph contains eight papers that deal with expectations in the teaching of reading. Topics covered include (1) the relationship between reading and writing, (2) changing expectations in education, (3) skills programs for remedial readers, (4) ways to…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Elementary Secondary Education, Expectation, Learning Activities
Feeley, Joan T. – 1982
When working with limited English proficient (LEP) children who have been mainstreamed into regular elementary school classrooms, teachers must keep in mind that the first order of business is to help the students build a store of knowledge about English--how it sounds, what it looks like in print, and what it means. Teachers will discover that it…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Education, English Instruction, English (Second Language)
Geoffrion, Leo D., Comp.; Schuster, Karen E., Comp. – 1980
This annotated bibliography on the reading achievement of the deaf is designed to aid those who wish to learn more about how children with severe auditory handicaps read. The various sections focus on the severity of the reading deficit of deaf students, the findings of basic research on how they read, and some of the instructional approaches…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Cognitive Ability, Deafness, Elementary Secondary Education
Humes, Ann, Ed.; And Others – 1981
This volume focuses on papers presented by grantees supported by the National Institute of Education and the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education at a meeting held in September, 1980. Papers are grouped into the following sections: composing processes and development, writing assessment, writing instruction in context, the writing…
Descriptors: College English, Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, English Curriculum
Crowhurst, Marion – 1980
Research on the relationship between syntactic complexity and quality of written composition was reviewed to test the assumption that these two concepts are positively related. The studies reviewed, which have appeared during the past 15 years, fall into two broad categories: (1) intervention studies designed to increase syntactic complexity and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Freshmen, Difficulty Level, Elementary Secondary Education
Hudson, Sally A.; Veal, L. Ramon – 1981
Twenty-four high schools in 18 Georgia school systems were selected to participate in a project to check the potential validity, reliability, usefulness, and costs of several direct and indirect measures of writing: holistic, analytic, primary trait, writing mechanics (error counts), and indirect measures (objective multiple choice items). Another…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Hall, Benny – 1981
A summer program offered by Eastern Kentucky University to ease the transition to the college environment for high school seniors is described. The six-week program, called "College Warm-Up," involves seven hours of credit classes in English composition, academic orientation, and college reading and study skills. The academic orientation…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Articulation (Education), College Bound Students, College Preparation
