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Iancu, Martha A. – TESOL Journal, 2000
Suggests that by nurturing a pleasant, meaningful, and self-motivating atmosphere, Fluency First reading and writing assignments prove rewarding to teachers and students alike. Fluency First is a systematic set of activities for developing fluency and then focusing on clarity and correctness. It was designed and implemented by English for academic…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Higher Education, Language Fluency, Program Descriptions

Taylor, Donald M.; Caron, M.; McAlpine, L. – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2000
Focuses on mothers of school children living in small isolated communities in arctic Quebec. Patterns of perceived language ability and use in three languages, Inuttitut, English, and French, for both themselves and their children were examined. The pattern of perceived language ability was similar across the three languages. Results are discussed…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, French, Indigenous Populations

Ward, Jeremy – Reading in a Foreign Language, 1999
Makes a case for introducing specialized texts in the English for specific purposes classroom earlier in the reading process. Addresses the question of whether an engineering word list might be a short cut to reading fluency for engineering students, and if so, which words might appropriately be listed. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: College Students, Engineering Education, English for Academic Purposes, Higher Education
Reiter, Astrid; Tucha, Oliver; Lange, Klaus W. – Dyslexia, 2005
There is little data available concerning the executive functions of children with dyslexia. The small number of existing studies in this field focus on single aspects of these functions such as working memory. The aim of the present study was therefore to assess a variety of aspects of executive functioning in children with dyslexia. Forty-two…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Inhibition, Problem Solving, Concept Formation
Grissom, James B. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2004
Ron Unz, originator of Proposition 227, claimed, prior to the passage of Prop. 227, that the five percent annual reclassification rate of English learners to fluent English proficient indicated bilingual education was a failure. Critics of Prop. 227 have countered that the annual reclassification rate has changed little since the passage of Prop.…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Classification, Bilingual Education
Nino-Murcia, Mercedes – 1991
Ways to develop "creative automaticity" for writing in a foreign language are examined. The paper focuses on transactional writing (i.e., writing with the purpose of transferring precise information by such means as telex messages, business letters, memoranda, and short reports), and its main features of clarity and conventionality. It is noted…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Business Correspondence, Creativity, Editing
Kishton, Joseph; Starrett, Raymond H. – 1983
Ego development data were collected from two groups of subjects. One group consisted of 175 students from junior high, senior high, and college. The second group was comprised of 136 adults who were either teachers and administrators of a medium-sized public school system, or long-time employees of a large chemical manufacturing corporation.…
Descriptors: Adults, Data Collection, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure
Piper, Terry – 1986
This paper describes accounts of two kindergarten-aged children learning English as a second language (ESL) to demonstrate that exposure is a necessary but not a sufficient condition for acquiring a second language. The 10-month histories of "L," a quick and highly successful learner, and "M," a less successful, much slower…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Comprehension, Educational Environment
Defense Language Inst., Monterey, CA. – 1976
The materials in this volume are intended to supplement existing tape materials in the lessons of the basic course in French. The exercises begin with lesson 13 of the Basic Course and continue through lesson 63. Each unit in this manual concentrates on a grammatical point and contains the following elements: (1) learning objectives, (2)…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Conversational Language Courses, French, Grammar
MELLON, JOHN C. – 1967
THIS STUDY REPORTS AN EXPERIMENT ON THE HYPOTHESIS THAT GRAMMAR-RELATED SENTENCE-COMBINING PRACTICE WILL MEANINGFULLY ENHANCE THE NORMAL GROWTH OF SYNTACTIC FLUENCY. TRADITIONAL STUDIES ON ERROR THERAPY AND SENTENCE STRUCTURE ARE REVIEWED, AND DESIGN AND RATIONALE ARE INFERRED FROM THE RESEARCH OF BATEMAN AND ZIDONIS. RULE LEARNING, PATTERN…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, English Instruction, Grade 7, Kernel Sentences
Webster, Ronald L. – 1968
Several experiments that manipulate stuttering by the use of delayed auditory feedback (DAF) and the prolongation of speech are reported. In a study on six severe stutterers (aged 15 to 47), self monitoring as a source of reinforcement in the use of DAF reduced stuttering frequency. Stuttering frequency was investigated with six severe stutterers…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Stimuli, Auditory Training
Sajavaara, Kari; Lehtonen, Jaakko – Language Centre News, 1978
Language teaching typically reflects current research, and, until quite recently, grammatical competence (e.g., in the Chomskyan sense) was the major target of linguistic research. Emphasizing the spoken language, the term "fluency," as applied to the foreign language performance of a language learner, is correlated to foreign language…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Grammar, Language Fluency, Language Instruction
Luft, Max; And Others – 1977
The objective of this study was to develop a highly reliable instrument for primary grade students which was relatively culture free and could accurately identify each child's dominant language. In addition, it should provide normative data regarding the child's fluency in his two most predominant languages. This test, known as the Test of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Elementary School Students, Expressive Language
Slatter, Stuart St. P.; And Others – 1974
A pilot study was undertaken for the Community Relations Commission of the employment of non-English speaking immigrants in British industry, using open-ended interviews (21 at the management level, 15 others, and 128 immigrants). Objectives were (1) to investigate the impact on business organizations of employing non-English speaking immigrants…
Descriptors: Administration, Community Benefits, Cost Effectiveness, Costs
Mullen, Dana; Koester, Allison – 1975
This handbook was prepared for use by the various ethnic associations in Canada whose members want to find effective means of helping their children learn or maintain their ancestral language. The program described involves the use of recreational activities for language instruction, based on the theory that the nature of and motivation for…
Descriptors: Community Recreation Programs, Ethnic Groups, Guides, Language Fluency