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Johnston, Rhona S.; Rugg, Michael D. – Language and Education, 1989
Investigates whether poor readers differ from their reading age controls in terms of their ability to make rhyme judgments, and determines whether intelligence levels affect the kinds of difficulties they experience. Finds that average intelligence poor readers performed with the same overall accuracy as their reading age controls. (MG)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Reading Ability, Reading Achievement, Reading Difficulties
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Wells, Gordon – Language and Education, 1989
States that educators should be concerned to involve all students in collaborative talk about tasks that are student-owned and inquiry-oriented and which integrate talking with thinking, doing, reading, and writing to engage with topics and texts that both students and teachers find meaningful and significant. (MG)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education, Language Acquisition
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Ellis, Nick; Cataldo, Suzanne – Language and Education, 1990
Assesses early interactive processes of development in reading, spelling, and implicit and explicit phonological awareness in a group of children at four time-points as they progressed through their first three years in school. Finds that results describe the ways in which spelling acts as a mediator for the influence of explicit phonological…
Descriptors: Phonology, Primary Education, Reading, Reading Processes
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Gupta, Anthea Fraser; Yin, Ameline Lee Su – Language and Education, 1990
Analyzes the two basal reader series used in the Singapore primary school for discrepancies in the treatment of male and female characters. Finds imbalances in the female/male ratio, in the amount of speech given to characters, and in role representation. (MG)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Females, Foreign Countries, Males
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Roussey, J. Y.; And Others – Language and Education, 1990
Studies revising strategies by examining the correction-sequencing procedures implemented by 48 elementary children and 48 adults. Finds three distinct groups of subjects: those who improved the text by using one of the model strategies, those who improved the text without using a model strategy, and those who failed to improve the text. (MG)
Descriptors: Adults, Elementary Education, Error Correction, Revision (Written Composition)
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Mazrui, Alamin M; Mazrui, Ali A. – Language and Education, 1992
The cultural interplay in Africa between indigenous, Islamic, and Western legacies has given rise to four language types described as Afro-ethnic, Afro-Islamic, Afro-Western, and Western. Their definitions, tendencies, and characteristics in writing, geographic spread, demographic distribution, and functional value are discussed. (10 references)…
Descriptors: African Languages, Cultural Differences, Definitions, Demography
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Watson, Keith – Language and Education, 1992
The use of language for political control, cultural preservation, or destruction between Southern Hemisphere countries and their former colonial masters is discussed. Linguistic and educational policy dilemmas in multiethnic, multilingual African countries suggest that linguistic dependency is leading to both technological dependency and…
Descriptors: Colonialism, Developing Nations, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries
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Wood, David – Language and Education, 1992
After reviewing recent research on child language development under age five, this article discusses classroom discourse and identifies factors that may promote or inhibit pupils' mastery of the later phases of linguistic development. (30 references) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Classroom Communication, Cultural Context
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Sylva, Kathy – Language and Education, 1992
It is suggested that the long-term effects of early education are mediated by enhanced educational aspiration and motivation, not cognitive skills per se. This model is discussed with reference to the Plan, Do, Review Cycle in the High/Scope curriculum and the experimental work of Dweck and Legett on the development of mastery orientation. (14…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Child Language, Curriculum Development
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Ager, Dennis E. – Language and Education, 1992
Concepts of identity and ethnicity, and their applicability to Europe through language, religious and cultural criteria are reviewed. It is noted that thoughts of an integrated Europe must acknowledge both behavioral and ethnographic approaches to difference and particularly the contrasts between dominance and difference theories. A European…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Ethnicity, Ethnography, Foreign Countries
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Byram, Michael – Language and Education, 1992
In the new Europe of greater cooperation and integration between states, the relationship between national identity and national language will require reappraisal. This paper argues for language teaching that includes culture learning because intercultural communication includes political and ethical issues. (19 references) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries
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Tobin, Michael J. – Language and Education, 1992
Some speculations, often based on mutually incompatible theories, are reviewed about how blindness can affect the development of language and meaning. Issues covered include preverbal and verbal behaviors, the concept of verbalism, and language as a compensator. (10 references) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Blindness, Child Language, Foreign Countries, Language Acquisition
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Gregory, Susan – Language and Education, 1992
Categories of deafness are defined not in terms of degree of hearing loss but of consequences for the deaf person. The culture and language, British Sign Language, of a largely hidden population are discussed. (40 references) (LB)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Deafness, Educational Needs, Foreign Countries
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Robinson, W. P. – Language and Education, 1992
Examples from a variety of sources (history texts, newspaper reporting, courts) are used to show that truth telling is commonly subordinated to other goals, especially the self-justification or the profits, power, and prestige of those promoting the lies. (24 references) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Ethics, Foreign Countries, Honesty, Language Usage
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Inglis, Fred – Language and Education, 1992
A philosophical discussion of current trends in cultural, language, and literary studies criticizes so-called progressive education. Relationships between cultural life and the marketplace, between the culture industry and state institutions, and among culture, politics, and ethics are considered. (16 references) (LB)
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Educational Policy, Ethics