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Morley, Joan, Ed. – 1994
This collection of essays on pronunciation theory and practice as it relates to second language instruction includes: "Pronunciation Assessment in the ESL/EFL Curriculum" (Janet Goodwin, Donna Brinton, Marianne Celce-Murcia); "Empowering Students with Predictive Skills" (Wayne B. Dickerson); "Intonation: A Navigation Guide for the Listener" (Judy…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Design, Educational Strategies, English (Second Language)
Duran, Richard P. – 1983
To determine how bilingual children display a sense of story in an oral reading activity at home, researchers video- and audio-taped samples of four bilingual Chicano second grade chidren engaged in matched narrative tasks. While the two male and two female children read aloud storybooks in English and Spanish in the home setting, reseachers…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Elementary Education, English, Grade 2
Coots, James H.; Snow, David P. – 1982
A study was designed to assess the effect of text format on the decoding and comprehension proficiency of third and fifth grade students. Subjects were 36 students at each grade level who completed a battery of comprehension and decoding measures and then read a set of four stories that had been especially constructed for the study. Each story…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Cognitive Processes, Decoding (Reading), Discourse Analysis
Schwabe, Tippy – 1981
Differences between English and Arabic are examined to assist the English as a second language (ESL) teacher. It is suggested that in order to know how to help students, ESL teachers must understand what the problem or difference is and why it is occurring. The sound systems of English and Arabic, including the suprasegmentals of intonation,…
Descriptors: Arabic, College Second Language Programs, Communicative Competence (Languages), Consonants
Cheng, Chin-Chaun; Sherwood, Bruce – Studies in Language Learning, 1981
Computer assisted instruction in Chinese is considered in relation to the design and recognition of Chinese characters, speech synthesis of the standard Chinese language, and the identification of Chinese tone. The PLATO work has shifted its orientation from provision of supplementary courseware to implementation of independent lessons and…
Descriptors: Artificial Speech, Chinese, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics
California Univ., Berkeley. Dept. of Linguistics. – 1978
This is one of a series of reports intended to make the results of research available and to serve as progress reports. The following abstracts are included: (1) "Learning the Phonetic Cues to the Voiced-Voiceless Distinction: Preliminary Study of Four American English Speaking Children," Mel Greenlee; (2) "Learning the Phonetic Cues to the…
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Articulation (Speech), Consonants, Distinctive Features (Language)
Seymour, Richard K. – 1967
The "output" or results of foreign language study should provide the individual with the ability to communicate in another language and to gain cultural, aesthetic, and philosophical insight into the civilization of the language being studied. In order to achieve successful "output" the actual "input" into language instruction must be all…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Audiovisual Aids, Communication (Thought Transfer), Contrastive Linguistics
Mendelsohn, David – Language Center News, 1978
It is argued that knowledge about the testing of intonation in English as a foreign language is inadequate; the major problems are outlined and tentative suggestions are given. The basic problem is that the traditional foreign language teacher's conception of intonation is limited. A three-part definition of intonation is favored, with suggestions…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Intonation, Language Instruction, Phonetics
Wigfield, Jack – 1975
This paper compares the tone systems of Vietnamese and English, with emphasis on the teaching of English as a second language. Rising, level, high, low, and falling tones are identified for English. Vietnamese has all of these except the last. While in Vietnamese, tones are predictable in the sense that tones and words go together, English tones…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, English (Second Language), Intonation
Otto, Frank – Hispania, 1968
Effective individualized instruction and increased student participation in foreign language communication skills could be achieved by a team-teaching approach. A team, comprised of the regular foreign language teacher and a number of volunteer advanced students, could (1) present listening comprehension materials, (2) evaluate pronunciation and…
Descriptors: Advanced Students, Audiolingual Methods, Audiolingual Skills, Individualized Instruction
Bazar, W. Gayre; And Others – 1970
A team of teachers, administrators, and supervisory personnel developed this curriculum guide for a pre-instrumental program in the elementary school. It is suggested that all pupils in the grade immediately preceeding the beginning band grade be included, and that all sections taught by the music specialist be taught a minimum of 30 minutes a…
Descriptors: Applied Music, Auditory Discrimination, Bands (Music), Curriculum Guides
Malikouti-Drachman, Angeliki; And Others – 1973
This issue is devoted to first language acquisition. It includes twelve papers concerning: the acquisition of liquids ("1" and "r"); creative errors in the written syntax of deaf children; theoretical and methodological problems in the acquisition of phonology, illustrated from Greek and English: the basis of articulation; the philosophy of…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Bibliographies, Charts, Child Language
Pike, Kenneth L. – 1945
The material in this book is the result of an investigation to determine how to teach English intonation effectively and to find the smallest number of patterns which could be used as a basis for initial drills in the language. The book presents a statement of the structure of the English intonation system in relation to the structural systems of…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, English (Second Language), Intonation
Ohala, John J. – 1970
The dominant trend in phonetics today--due to a large extent to generative phonology--is to discover the brain mechanisms underlying the observed behavior in speech. Among other things there is interest in attempting to find out how motor programs are stored latently, selected, activated into muscular contractions, controlled, and tailored for…
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Artificial Speech, Auditory Perception, Cognitive Processes
Christian, Jane – 1971
This paper compares respect forms used in Bhojpuri, standard Hindi, and suddh Hindi. The role and use of each dialect are described, and a comparison of respect forms used in each is presented, considering phonemic, grammatical, syntactical, suprasegmental, paralinguistic, and kinesic features. The differences noted appear in a continuum among the…
Descriptors: Child Language, Comparative Analysis, Consonants, Contrastive Linguistics