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Peer reviewedHauptman, Philip C. – Language Learning, 1971
Revised version of a paper presented at the TESOL Convention, March 1971, New Orleans, La. (VM)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Educational Experiments, Instructional Materials, Language Acquisition
Download full textCazden, Courtney B. – 1972
This paper considers language development among children and discusses the influence of the learning environment in the acquisition of language use as distinct from language structure. The results of the five studies reported here suggest that the child is aided by what he is encouraged to say, not simply by what he hears, and that adults seem to…
Descriptors: Child Language, Communication Skills, Educational Environment, Educational Experiments
Bowen, J. Donald – 1968
This document discusses in detail the development and operation of a language program implemented in the Philippines, beginning in 1957, with the assistance of the University of California, Los Angeles, through the Rockefeller Foundation. The program faced a number of difficulties including a school system in the process of post-war rebuilding, a…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Experiments, English (Second Language), Foundation Programs
Bennett, J. V.; And Others – 1972
This evaluation report presents the details and results of an experimental, compensatory language program designed to improve the standard English language facility of young aboriginal children on the assumption that this would contribute to improvement in reading and other aspects of academic performance. The pilot program was administered during…
Descriptors: Child Language, Compensatory Education, Early Childhood Education, Educational Experiments
Leaverton, Lloyd – 1971
The experiment described in this report investigates two basic questions concerning beginning reading instruction to speakers of nonstandard dialects. 1--Will learning to read be facilitated if the primary reading material is phrased in the actual word patterns and grammatical structure used by the children in their oral speech? 2--Will learning…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Educational Experiments, Language Acquisition, Language Instruction
Lum, John Bernard – 1971
This study investigates which teaching style-Chinese bilingual or English as a second language--leads to greater oral English maturity and how useful the Chinese language is in helping a non-English-speaking Chinese person learn oral English. In the English-as-a-second-language method, the student's native language is used sparingly to avoid…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Chinese, Chinese Americans
Leaverton, Lloyd – 1971
The problem of teaching standard English reading and language skills to children who speak nonstandard dialects can be facilitated through a language program that distinguishes between "everyday talk" and "school talk," while recognizing the position of both types of speech. The instructional materials must be meaningful with respect to the…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Classroom Techniques, Educational Experiments, Language Acquisition
