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Meyers, Susan C. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1990
The conversations of 12 preschool stutterers with their mother, father, and a familiar peer were analyzed. Subjects' verbal interactive patterns did not really differ with various partners. Although some children were variable in fluency failures with different partners, the partner's verbal contribution was not associated with predictable changes…
Descriptors: Dialogs (Language), Expressive Language, Interpersonal Communication, Language Fluency
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Frommer, Judith G.; Ishikawa, Wayne – French Review, 1980
Describes a one-semester conversational course taught at Harvard University designed to teach basic oral communication skills in French with the main emphasis on teaching students to pause while speaking. (AM)
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Conversational Language Courses, Course Descriptions, Dialogs (Language)
Bailey, Kathleen M., Ed.; Savage, Lance, Ed. – 1994
This guide describes activities used by language teachers in developing students' oral communication skills. Activities are presented for instruction in English as a Second Language as well as other second languages. Ideas are organized in 4 parts, with 14 subsections: fluency (conversation, fluency and interaction, group work, dialogues and role…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Dialogs (Language)