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Wang, Pei-ling – English Language Teaching, 2011
The purposes of this study are: (1) to investigate students' perceptions of computer-assisted whole language instruction; (2) to examine the effectiveness of whole language instruction on students' reading improvement; and (3) to determine the difference between basic-level and advanced-level students' improvement in reading skills. A total of 212…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Rhodes, Lynn K.; Shanklin, Nancy L. – Reading Teacher, 1990
Discusses the procedures for using the Classroom Reading Miscue Assessment which was developed by Denver area Coordinators/Consultants Applying Whole Language to help teachers efficiently gather miscue data. (MG)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Miscue Analysis, Reading Instruction
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Sippola, Arne E. – Reading Horizons, 1994
Provides a brief synopsis of whole-language characteristics that could be germane to analyses of basal programs. Presents an assessment tool designed to assist teachers, administrators, and curriculum adoption teams in evaluating the degree to which commercial basal reader programs adhere to whole-language characteristics. (RS)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Content Analysis, Elementary Education, Holistic Evaluation
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Jacobson, John; And Others – Journal of Educational Research, 1992
Survey examined 1,244 elementary principals' understanding of current issues in elementary reading instruction and information sources they used to learn about issues. Principals reported awareness of current reading issues. They did not have enough confidence in their understanding of issues to give a reasoned rationale for taking one particular…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Basal Reading, Educational Research, Educational Theories
Ciocci, Sandra R.; Morrell-Schumann, Marianne – Teaching English to Deaf and Second-Language Students, 1992
A private day school, Willie Ross School for the Deaf, designed a whole-language approach to reading appropriate for deaf and hard-of-hearing children. This article compares traditional and psycholinguistic approaches to reading, describes the early childhood classroom environment, and presents a lesson using folktales. An assessment checklist is…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Deafness, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods
Al-Tamimi, Yaser; Rabab'ah, Ghaleb – Online Submission, 2007
This study investigates the effect of phonological awareness instruction on the development of word-reading ability for EFL first-graders in a Jordanian state school. Based on Chard and Dickson's (1999) phonological awareness hierarchy, a phonological awareness training program was developed by the researchers, and used in training the…
Descriptors: Correlation, Phonological Awareness, Reading Skills, English (Second Language)
Allison, Desmond; And Others – Hong Kong Papers in Linguistics and Language Teaching, 1995
A recent study proposed a rational for investigating the effects of mediating tasks upon a summary writing activity for tertiary-level students using English as an educational medium. The tasks in this study involved a group discussion or a reading comprehension exercise, with a third condition providing for immediate access to the text and…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Economics