To ascertain what type of environment exists in elementary classrooms in the United States to stimulate oral language, questionnaires were mailed to 500 classroom teachers. Data from the 412 respondents indicated that 83% believed their college courses in language arts had not prepared them to encourage the development of children's language, and…

Designed to provide teachers with a listing of sequentially ordered objectives in specific language arts areas, this curriculum guide for kindergarten through grade eight was developed in Hyde Park, New York, as a foundation for a total communication development program. The course descriptions, arranged according to grade, are classified under…

Designed for elementary and perhaps junior high school students, this activities-animal-tracks packet is a multi-disciplinary educational lesson which provides students with an opportunity for learning through "self discovery". Comprised of narrative and illustrative directions and suggestions, the activities described here include the following:…

Designed to help elementary and middle school language arts teachers structure a comprehensive objectives-based composition program, this guide attends to fundamental rhetorical concepts that should enable schools to effectively use existing resources while extending the range of instructional potentials in areas not often included in commercially…

This advisory list contains instructional media appropriate to the language program in schools for primary through senior high school grade levels. Entries, selected from those materials submitted by publishers which received favorable reviews by educators, are arranged by type: activity cards, books, books (for teacher use), books (reference),…

Stories from oral tradition such as legends, myths, and fairy tales may more fully describe reality than any newscast for young children. As Bruno Bettelheim points out, stories meet the psychological need of all human children. The Yakima Indian legend "When Mosquitos Ate People" can be used in a flannel board story telling setting with young…

Since public education must compete for public dollars with a range of other services, teachers must learn to present a good image and to create an environment in which their objectives and procedures are immediately obvious to parents, students, and school board members. A high priority for English department chairpersons, therefore, is to teach,…

A three-month observational study was conducted to determine the time allocated to each subject matter in six elementary school classrooms and the specific time allocations for skills within the language arts and reading curriculum. Teachers recorded their instructional activities through daily self-observation logs and weekly planning schedules,…

Effects of sex, ethnicity and their interaction on initial status and year-long change in (1) Language Arts and Social Studies achievement; (2) attitude toward school, and (3) self-rated coping were examined. Subjects included 1657 sixth graders from 51 classes in Austin, Texas. Each class was comprised of a mixture of Anglos, Blacks, and Chicanos…

This Norsk language unit is intended to introduce high school students in the United States to modern spoken Norwegian and to Norwegian culture. The document is presented in 18 chapters. Topics include greetings, family, speaking Norwegian, the alphabet, travel in Norway, parts of the country, telling time, pronouns and articles, days of the week,…

This Swedish language unit is intended to introduce high school students in the United States to modern spoken Swedish and to Swedish culture. The document is presented in 18 chapters. Topics include greetings, family, daily life, conversational openers, the alphabet, ordering food in a restaurant, football, sports, skiing, politics, travels, and…

This document is one of ten curriculum guides developed by the Nevada Competency-Based Adult High School Diploma (CBAHSD) Project. This curriculum guide on language arts is divided into six topics. The topics included are Dictionary Usage, Vocabulary, Speech, Poetry, Writing, and Literature Analysis. Competency statements and performance…

SAMPLE QUESTIONS FOR TWO FOLKTALES, "MOLLY WHUPPIE" AND "THE FISHERMAN AND HIS WIFE," ARE POSED. THE QUESTIONS ARE DELIBERATELY WORDED TO EVOKE DISCUSSION, DISAGREEMENT, AND EVEN ARGUMENT. THE PURPOSE IS TO FOSTER INDIVIDUAL REACTION AND LIVELY DISCUSSION. THE QUESTIONS ARE DIVIDED INTO CATEGORIES ONLY FOR CONVENIENCE. EACH…

A SERIES OF SPEECHES DELIVERED AT A SEMINAR ON EDUCATIONAL INNOVATIONS FOR THE SPANISH-SPEAKING CHILD IS PRESENTED. REPRESENTATIVE SPEECHES ARE DISCUSSED. THE LATIN-AMERICAN IN THE SOUTHWEST IS A CONGLOMERATION OF MANY CULTURES AND PEOPLES. HE COMPOSES THE NEWEST IMMIGRANT AND THE OLDEST SETTLER, THE HAUGHTY SPANIARD AND THE STOLID INDIAN. HIS…

BELIEVING FORMAL WRITTEN ENGLISH TO BE A "FOREIGN LANGUAGE" TO MOST AMERICAN PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS, RESEARCHERS USED THE AUDIO-LINGUAL METHOD OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION TO PROMOTE WRITING IMPROVEMENT IN FOURTH-GRADERS. TWO RANDOMLY-SELECTED CLASSES OF STUDENTS OF AVERAGE ABILITY COMPOSED THE STUDY POPULATION--ONE CLASS FOR THE EXPERIMENT,…