An allegorical argument favoring the use of both standard dialect and nonstandard dialects in English speech. (RB)

The listening abilities of teenagers in Great Britain are discussed. (CK)

The authors examined the effectiveness of a 2-year (kindergarten and first grade) oral English intervention provided to 534 Hispanic English-language learners in transitional bilingual education (TBE) and structured English immersion (SEI) programs. Using latent growth modeling, the authors compared instructional programs in relation to growth…

A more creative use of print is suggested as a means of increasing human communication. (PF)

Tryout results indicated that a speech and language program developed to improve employability of Corpsmen accomplished one of its two goals; that is, it taught Corpsment the concepts underlying the correct production of standard speech and language patterns. The program consisted of audio tapes, notebooks with pictorial and verbal stimulus…

A DISCUSSION OF THE BASIC TENETS OF TEACHING ENGLISH GRAMMAR TO NONNATIVE SPEAKERS, AS FOLLOWED IN THE ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (ESL) PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES, IS PRESENTED IN THIS PAPER. THE INTRODUCTION OF GRAMMAR POINTS TO BE PRACTICED AND THE GENERALIZATION PROCESS WHICH FOLLOWS ARE DESCRIBED IN NONTECHNICAL…

The Southwestern Cooperative Educational Laboratory is currently field testing a set of instructional materials for teaching English language speaking and listening skills in preschool and first grade classes. The Oral Language Program (OLP) is directed at providing non-English speaking youngsters with a fluent, independent speaking ability in…

This paper considers such contracted forms as "I'm,""he's,""we'd," and "isn't" or "won't." It is often assumed, the author states, that every contracted form is derived by surface-level phonological rules from a non-contracted and semantically equivalent counterpart. The author presents evidence to…

Public school students in Japan must take English as a required subject for three years in junior high school and for three more years in senior high school. In spite of the amount of classroom time invested, and in spite of the available learning support services, the foreign Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) system included, the English…

Suggests that the oral language program can be specifically designed to create an affective focus and provides several strategies for effecting such a goal. (TO)

Data in this study showed significant linguistic differences between six- and seven-year-olds and a leveling-off between the seven- and eight-year-olds. (DD)

Found that older students speak in a more mature manner than younger ones when presented with paraphrasing tasks. (DD)

Describes dialect differences, how to distinguish them, how to assess them and how to use them in teaching standard English. (Author)