This research project was designed to analyze by quantitative methods a corpus of writing produced by four groups of American college students enrolled in German courses and by one group of professional German writers. Analysis was undertaken in order to determine whether or not significant quantitative differences in the use of selected syntactic…

The appendix to the report of the minimum objective system of the Hinesburg Elementary School (Vermont) includes language arts objectives from kindergarten through grade 6. Most objectives are presented in the format of condition (or task), student behavior, and criteria. Also included are schedules for language arts activities throughout the year…

The course will contribute to competency in all office occupations by equipping students with the basic skills needed to apply grammar, punctuation, capitalization, abbreviations, and number style to simple business communications. Offered as an elective, the course is intended for 12th grade students and has no prerequisites. Performance…

This bibliography is a first edition designed to aid the work of the Textual Communication Research Unit and will be followed by a further edition in two years' time. Sources relevant to textual communication, except those pertaining exclusively to broadcasting or children's texts, are arranged as either pertaining to language or to visual design.…

By identifying literary devices found in adult literature and then analyzing children's writing for these same devices, it was hoped that new insight would be gained into the elements of children's writings. Five stories per grade level were selected from grades two through six from seven Memphis elementary schools. The children's stories were…

The Instructional Objectives Exchange (IOX) collected for several subject areas objectives and measurement items based upon curricular material either submitted by teachers, schools, and school districts, or generated by the IOX staff. Contained in the language arts collection are 194 objectives and related evaluation items for grades 4-6. The…

Reflecting the increasing interest in language by teachers of English, articles in this collection: (1) describe and attempt to justify the exploration of living language as it is actually used--"Learning to Evaluate the Spoken Word" by M. C. Dobson, "Exploring the Language of Persuasion" by Sandra Williams, and "Language at Work" by J. H. G.…

The purpose of this guide to behavioral objectives is to assist elementary school teachers (grades kindergarten through six) in functioning more effectively in the area of language arts. The major areas of instruction include: motor skills; listening skills; reading skills; writing skills; grammar skills; study skills; personal communication and…

This study was undertaken to investigate approaches fifth grade children of similar mental ability follow when writing narrative compositions, to identify procedures unique to good and poor writers, and to observe sex differences relative to quality of written expression and ability to verbalize concerning the writing process. A sample of 230…

The main purposes in examining and evaluating the Advanced Placement English Program in Salt Lake and Granite School Districts were to identify the essential curriculum features of the program, to make suggestions for curriculum improvement, and to determine whether or not the quality of the AP English Program surpassed that of the conventional…

This workbook contains supplementary exercises for the "Thai Basic Course" developed by the Defense Language Institute. The exercises for lessons 1-60 each consist of 10 sentences for translation into English and 10 sentences for translation into Thai. Those for lessons 61-80 deal with the written style of Thai and consist of two paragraphs each…

This volume, one of a series in a Russian course designed to train native English- language speakers to a level 3 proficiency in reading and writing Russian, contains materials on the following topics: (1) forms and constructions, (2) basic reading texts, (3) grammar with written exercises, (4) oral exercises, (5) reading and translation…

Methods of developing confidence in FLES students who are beginning to read and to write are examined in this article. Phonics instruction is seen as the key to achieving a successful transition from the audiolingual skills of listening and speaking to those of reading and writing. Sample exercises illustrate general procedures recommended for…

A need exists for consideration of the variety of regional problems and characteristics in training junior college English teachers. A region's needs can be surveyed and met best by junior and four-year schools that are close enough together so that the two-year colleges can specify their needs and the four-year colleges can meet them. Before the…

This curriculum guide discusses an English language arts and basic skills program for the senior high school level. The program is designed to reflect the learner's point of view. The authors argue that education is not so much a matter of objectives or subject content as it is a matter of what happens to the student. Accordingly, this guide…