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Katchen, Johanna E. – 1991
A technique for teaching English to English majors in a Taiwan university involves students' oral production of descriptive stories to accompany a piece of classical or folk music. The project provides practice in preparing a report in English, practice in speaking before a group, sensitivity toward and ability to talk about aural stimuli, and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cultural Awareness, English (Second Language), Folk Culture
May-Campbell, Christine – 1991
This practicum was designed and implemented to increase the homework completion rate of sixth graders in English classes. Objectives were formulated to reflect a statistical increase in homework completion rate by means of calculation and analysis of a computerized gradebook. A review of the literature revealed several viable strategies to…
Descriptors: Assignments, Elementary School Students, English Instruction, Feedback
Toronto Board of Education (Ontario). Continuing Education Dept. – 1987
This book is a collection of 11 stories written by adults learning English as a Second Language at the Centre for Spanish Speaking People in Toronto, Canada. It deals with their past experiences, their present situations in Canada, and their future aspirations. Each reading selection is followed by activities and discussion questions. This…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Citizenship, Cultural Enrichment
YALA Journal, 1989
This annual publication of the Young Adult Learning Academy (YALA) presents the art and writing of students in YALA. (YALA provides educational services to young people who have dropped out of school, are between 16 and 24 years of age, and read below the eighth-grade level.) This journal reflects the authors' and artists' perceptions of what it…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Basic Education, Creative Writing, Dropout Programs
YALA Journal, 1991
This annual publication of the Young Adult Learning Academy (YALA) presents the art and writing of students in YALA. (YALA provides educational services to young people who have dropped out of school, are between 16 and 24 years of age, and read below the eighth-grade level.) Editors of the journal are also students. Poems, letters, essays, and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Basic Education, Creative Writing, Dropout Programs
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Dynneson, Thomas L., Ed.; And Others – 1980
Social studies lessons developed by students in the elementary social studies education program at the University of Texas (Permian Basin) are provided. The lessons are presented according to the phase in which they were developed. Phase I consists of lessons created in the Fall, 1979; Phase II includes selected Phase I lessons which were revised,…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Class Activities, Economics Education, Educational Objectives
APPLEGATE, MAUREE – 1965
ADDRESSED TO THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT FACED WITH A POETRY-WRITING ASSIGNMENT, THIS BOOK PRESENTS THE ARGUMENT THAT "POETRY IS FOR YOU." INDIVIDUAL CHAPTERS TREAT (1) THE EXPRESSION OF SENSORY IMPRESSIONS, (2) RHYTHM, (3) THE PICTORIAL NATURE OF POETRY, (4) HUMOROUS POETRY, (5) REVISION, AND (6) VARIOUS DEFINITIONS OF POETRY. A "KINDLE KIT"…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, English Instruction, Figurative Language
Wood, Pamela – 1975
This guide, which is based on the Foxfire project (see SO 009 021 for project description), is full of practical suggestions to help secondary school students put together a magazine using stories from their own communities. Contents include the following: choosing a name for the magazine; how to organize staff; story ideas to choose from; sample…
Descriptors: Audio Equipment, Community Study, Editing, Graphic Arts
Quitman Centers for Learning, Marks, MS. – 1970
The overall purpose of the Quitman County Demonstration Project was: (1) to identify, demonstrate, and test effective and innovative procedures for implementing a community based, voluntary program in adult basic education (ABE); (2) to develop and validate new approaches in training the instructional leadership for adult basic education through…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Continuation Education
New York State Educational Communication Association. – 1972
This report contains excerpts and summaries from interviews and papers presented at the visual literacy conference. The interviews are with speakers and in general ask them to expand on an idea presented in their formal talk. For other speeches, the catalog description and/or an abstract is given. Although most of the abstracts are short, lengthy…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Audiovisual Aids, Conference Reports, Extracurricular Activities
California Univ., Los Angeles. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1972
School administrators who must make decisions that determine the direction for vocational education need empathy and flexibility in applying the principles and practices inherent in vocational education. Effective administration requires the utilization of management fundamentals combined with identification and selection of alternatives for…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Administration, Educational Equipment
Donoho, Grace – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1985
Presents a case study of the library media program at Old High Elementary School, Bentonville, Arkansas, which uses production of audiovisual materials to build extrinsic motivation into reading programs for grades five and six and special education classes. Five measurement techniques used to evaluate the program's effectiveness are also…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Case Studies, Elementary Education, Emotional Disturbances
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Carter, Graham; Thomas, Howard – ELT Journal, 1986
This is an account of how a group of students in an English course at Bell School, Bath, England became teachers for a short while in local junior schools. It describes how the project came about, how the students were prepared for their task, and what the outcome was. (Author/SED)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Course Content, Cultural Awareness, Elementary Secondary Education
Kent State Univ., OH. Ohio Literacy Resource Center. – 2002
This document is a compilation of 68 items that were written by Ohio adult basic and literacy education students and presented at the Fifth Annual Ohio Writers' Conference, which was devoted to the theme "writing and the arts." The compilation is organized in seven sections as follows: (1) choices (8 items, including a poem expressing…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Conferences
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Woal, S. Theodore – Journal of Career Education, 1980
A career education program is described which infuses the elementary level curriculum with self- and career-awareness concepts. Teacher guides and student workbooks were developed and later followed by career awareness booklets. Program elements include family attitudes and values, self-concept, role models, pupil-created activities, and community…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Community Involvement, Curriculum Enrichment
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