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Demorest, Amy; And Others – Child Development, 1984
Asks adults and 6-, 9- and, 13 year olds' questions about tape-recorded stories in order to investigate their ability to recognize sincere, deceptive, and sarcastic remarks. Results indicate that the youngest children interpret all remarks as sincere; 9 and 13 year olds can appreciate deliberate falsehood, but only adults identify sarcasm.…
Descriptors: Adults, Body Language, Children, Developmental Stages
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Michaels, Sarah – Theory into Practice, 1984
The issue of teachers' interpretion of children's language and ideas is explored through observations of sharing time in a second-grade classroom. Problems associated with teacher evaluation of student competence in classrooms where children come from various ethnic and linguistic backgrounds are discussed. (DF)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Cultural Differences, Elementary Education, Grade 2
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de Bot, K. – Language and Speech, 1983
Attempts to show that audio-visual feedback is more effective in intonation learning than auditory feedback. While practice time did not seem to be a major factor, results showed audio-visual feedback to be more effective than auditory feedback. In addition, feedback modality was shown to influence learning behavior. (SL)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, English (Second Language), Feedback, Foreign Countries
Gros, Nocole; Portine, Henri – Francais dans le Monde, 1976
Underlines the importance of semantic, situational, and phonological factors such as intonation in the teaching of French as a second language. (Text is in French.) (CLK)
Descriptors: French, Intonation, Language Instruction, Language Usage
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Brazil, David – Educational Review, 1976
Some salient features of English intonation are identified and related to the process of teacher pupil interaction in class teaching. (Editor)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Communication (Thought Transfer), Intonation, Language Acquisition
Ikeda, Yumi; Masataka, Nobuo – 1997
This study examined the speech behavior of Japanese women when interacting with young children. Sixty-one single Japanese-speaking women, ages 18-26, were recorded as they read aloud picture books to a 1-year-old child and as they conversed with another Japanese-speaking adult woman. When their utterances were acoustically compared between the two…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Caregiver Speech, Family Size, Females
Latham, R. G. – D. Appleton and Company, 1861
This English language textbook is divided into seven distinct parts: (1) General Ethnological Relations of the English Language; (2) History and Analysis of the English Language; (3) Sounds, Letters, Pronunciation, Spelling; (4) Etymology; (5) Syntax; (6) Prosody; and (7) Dialects of the English Language. It is intended for students attending…
Descriptors: Textbooks, English Instruction, Alphabets, Phonology
Kaymer, Gunter – Neueren Sprachen, 1973
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), English (Second Language), Error Patterns, Grammar
Pantupong, Woranoot – PASAA, 1973
Article written in Thai. (HW)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Distinctive Features (Language), Intonation, Language Rhythm
Germer, Erich – Neusprachliche Mitteilungen, 1973
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Idioms, Interference (Language), Intonation
Kemmner, Ernst – Praxis des Neusprachlichen Unterrichts, 1973
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Films, French, Grammar
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Rossi, Mario – Linguistics, 1973
Descriptors: French, Intonation, Linguistic Theory, Mathematical Linguistics
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Newton, B. E. – Glossa, 1973
Based on work done in 1972 which was supported by a Canada Council Research Grant. (DD)
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Distinctive Features (Language), Geographic Distribution, Greek
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Martin, Philippe – Langue Francaise, 1973
Descriptors: Diagrams, Distinctive Features (Language), French, Intonation
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