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Fulcher, Glenn – Language Testing, 1996
Examines the definition of fluency in the literature, and proposes a qualitative and quantitative approach that may be used to produce a "thick" description of language use for use in rating scale construction. The article suggests that validity considerations must be addressed in the construction phase of developing scales. (69 references)…
Descriptors: College Students, English (Second Language), Individual Differences, Interviews
Pilleux, Mauricio – Journal of English Teaching Techniques, 1972
Presents 45 types of oral drills used in teaching English as a foreign language and gives practical hints as to their most effective use in the classroom. (RB)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, College Instruction, English (Second Language), Instructional Materials
National Council of Teachers of English, Champaign, IL. Commission on the English Curriculum. – 1968
Curriculum projects in nine elementary schools, 12 secondary schools, and seven combined elementary and secondary schools throughout the United States are reported to illustrate the breadth and depth of English curriculum development at the local level. Information provided on each project includes project title, sponsoring agency or institution,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary School Curriculum, English Curriculum, English Instruction
English, Susan Lewis – 1985
A class activity for young adult students of English as a second language uses simplified versions of Shakespeare's familiar dramatic plots to promote student participation and use of second language skills. The students are provided with a list of characters, a synopsis of the story, a room with floor space, and a time frame in which to recreate…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Dramatics, English Literature, English (Second Language)
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Turkstra, Lyn S.; Holland, Audrey L. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 1998
This study of six adolescents with brain injuries, and six controls, investigated the influence of working memory load on performance of a task designed to measure receptive syntax ability. The performance of the adolescents with brain injuries was significantly worse than that of controls. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cognitive Ability, Head Injuries, Language Impairments
Mentkowski, Marcia; Doherty, Austin – 1982
The Integrated Competence Seminar (ICS), An Alverno College assessment technique used in the outcome-centered liberal arts curriculum, is discussed. The ICS technique allows students to demonstrate integration and transfer of learning in three situations: oral presentation, group discussion, and the In-Basket exercise (decision-making problems).…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Competency Based Education, Evaluation Methods, Group Discussion
Maine Univ., Portland. School of Law. – 1992
Aiming to educate students in grades 8-12 on the Bill of Rights, this student guide focuses on each of the of the first 10 amendments and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Organized by amendment, each section includes the text of the amendment and its counterpart in the Maine Constitution; an introduction to the legal…
Descriptors: Citizen Role, Citizenship Education, Civics, Constitutional History
Watkins, Anne – 1996
Language should be viewed as one of the most important areas of early childhood development and learning. This document was produced to assist early childhood educators in Grenada, Carriacou, and Petit Martinique with fostering early language learning. The guide should be viewed mainly as a supplement to be used in conjunction with national…
Descriptors: Child Development, Developmental Stages, Early Childhood Education, Emergent Literacy
Sendor, Benjamin – American School Board Journal, 1997
In "Boring v Buncombe County Board of Education," a high school teacher sued a school board over her transfer to a middle school. At issue is a board's power to control the curriculum and a teacher's right to academic freedom, specifically selecting a controversial play for four students in advanced acting class. (MLF)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Boards of Education, Court Litigation, Federal Courts
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Das, J. P.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1994
Elementary children (n=112) comprising average IQ, high IQ, dyslexic, and normal readers were administered measures of planning, attention-arousal, simultaneous and successive processing, phonemic segmentation, and nonverbal IQ. Cognitive tasks differentiating dyslexic from normal readers were the successive processing tasks and two tasks of…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Attention Control, Cognitive Processes, Decoding (Reading)
Live Wire, 1985
The teaching activities presented in this document focus on teaching students the language of science through reading and writing. The first activity engages students in writing everything they know about a particular science topic, devising questions for further study, reading and gathering information to answer the questions, developing specific…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computers, Elementary Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
Charleroi Area Junior-Senior High School, PA. – 1975
The courses presented in this curriculum guide have been developed according to the premises that reading should be approached humanistically and that speaking and writing should emphasize the understanding of processes and the developing of skills for oral and written communication. Every tenth grade student must take a basic communication…
Descriptors: Classes (Groups of Students), Communication (Thought Transfer), Curriculum Guides, Language Arts
AMSDEN, CONSTANCE – 1966
A PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRAM IN BEGINNING READING WAS ESTABLISHED FOR MEXICAN-AMERICAN CHILDREN IN AN EAST LOS ANGELES SCHOOL. THE PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED TO DEVELOP ORAL LANGUAGE SKILLS AND TO REINFORCE TRADITIONAL CULTURAL VALUES IN THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY. BASELINE DATA WERE OBTAINED ON BOTH READING ACHIEVEMENT AND ORAL LANGUAGE…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Schools, Cultural Awareness, Individualized Programs
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Heath, Steve M.; Hogben, John H. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2004
This study addressed 2 questions: (a) Can preschoolers who will fail at reading be more efficiently identified by targeting those at highest risk for reading problems? and (b) will auditory temporal processing (ATP) improve the accuracy of identification derived from phonological processing and oral language ability? A sample of 227 preschoolers…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Prediction, Phonological Awareness, Identification
Mawdsley, Ralph D.; Russo, Charles J. – West's Education Law Quarterly, 1994
Reviews a set of Supreme Court rulings that may dramatically alter the landscape of First Amendment jurisprudence: "Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah"; "Jones v. Clear Creek Independent School District"; "Lambs Chapel v. Center Moriches Union Free School District"; and Zobrest v. Catalina Foothills…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Court Litigation, Court Role, Deaf Interpreting