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Daly, David A.; And Others – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1995
Structure and consistency are important in treating adolescents who stutter. The speech-language pathologist's positive expectations have a powerful influence on clients' attitudes and belief in the possibility of progress. A program of both cognitive and self-instruction procedures and behavioral speech treatment strategies is recommended to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Counseling Techniques, Intervention, Language Fluency
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Blood, Gordon W. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1995
This article describes a cognitive-behavioral treatment package for relapse management in adolescents who stutter. The package includes game-based training techniques in problem solving, communication skills, and assertiveness; coping responses for stuttering episodes; and realistic expectations for fluency and relapse. Follow-up results with…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Modification, Cognitive Restructuring, Communication Skills
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Garrod, Simon; and Clark, Aileen – Language and Cognitive Processes, 1993
Analysis of a large corpus (80 pairs of speakers) of 7-12 year olds suggests that 2 principles underlie the development of dialogue coordination skills. The seven to eight year olds establish a limited common dialogue lexicon, whereas older speakers show evidence of deep coordination processes aimed at establishing mutual intelligibility of a…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, College Students
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Early, Margaret – Language Arts, 1990
Describes how the teaching of language and the teaching of subject matter knowledge can be brought together to empower students and to foster a positive attitude toward their own abilities. Illustrates a framework for integrating language development and the development of subject matter knowledge with a case study of one classroom in Vancouver,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Case Studies, Classroom Environment
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Shrubshall, P. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1997
To find out more about bilingual children's narrative discourse acquisition, study analyzes and compares the oral narrative discourse of bilingual and monolingual 5- to 10-year-olds in two ways. Uses Labov's taxonomy to measure evaluation, and shema theory to do an episodic analysis of elicited narratives. Argues that these frameworks serve to…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Children, Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis
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Poulet, Gerard – Language Learning Journal, 1996
Evaluates the International Baccalaureate (IB), a preuniversity, post-16, 2-year diploma. The IB contains four language features: communication and interaction, responsibility and transparency, language skills and contents related to the aims, and integration of program and assessment. The program compares favorably at higher levels with…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Objectives, Foreign Countries, French
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Shresta, Tej B. – Foreign Language Annals, 1998
Describes how instruction and exposure contributed to the development of oral proficiency in English as a Second Language in mutually exclusive learning situations in Nepal. This study finds that both instruction and exposure contribute to second-language acquisition, the former promoting accuracy, the latter promoting fluency. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Grammar
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Ratner, Nan Bernstein – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2004
There is a relatively strong focus in the stuttering literature on the desirability of selected alterations in parental speech and language style in the management of early stuttering. In this article, the existing research support for such recommendations is evaluated, together with relevant research from the normal language acquisition…
Descriptors: Language Fluency, Outcomes of Treatment, Stuttering, Parenting Styles
Nation, Paul, Ed. – 1994
This guide is a collection of practical ideas for teaching vocabulary and vocabulary development skills to learners of a second language. Most are contributed by teachers of English as a Second Language, but the activities may be appropriate for teaching other languages. Each idea is described briefly, with information given about appropriate…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Definitions, Dictionaries
Ritchie, Jenny – 1994
This paper describes the design of a new Maori, early childhood, immersion teaching diploma program at the University of Waikato (New Zealand). The program incorporates a strong focus on developing both the adult students' fluency in Maori, as a second language, and their skills for facilitating fluency in young children, many of whom will also be…
Descriptors: Child Development, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Strobykina, Irina; Fomenko, Nataliya – 1996
This Peace Corps volunteer language training manual is based on the experience of two pre-service trainings and was guided by the Peace Corps language training curriculum. The learning approach is competency-based or topic-oriented to provide survival competencies. Three main sections review phonetics, topics for discussion, and practical grammar…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Competency Based Education, Daily Living Skills, Foreign Countries
Lorch, S. C.; And Others – Language and Language Education: Working Papers of the National Languages and Literacy Institute of Australia, 1992
This paper describes and evaluates a Hebrew immersion program for Jewish day school students at Mt. Scopus College in Melbourne, Australia. Specific sections address the following: (1) the first year; (2) the second year; (3) designing the evaluation of the program; (4) results of the evaluation (including academic outcomes, student and parent…
Descriptors: Day Schools, Foreign Countries, Hebrew, Immersion Programs
Rorschach, Elizabeth; MacGowan-Gilhooly, Adele – 1993
The Fluency First in English as a second language (ESL) project at City College (New York) began as a result of the high failure rate among ESL writing students at the college, and the fact that this kept many students from entering the regular college courses. Revision on the ESL reading and writing curricula, beginning in 1987, focused on…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Second Language Programs, Curriculum Development, English (Second Language)
Chiswick, Barry R. – 1990
The determinants of English language fluency among immigrants and the effects of fluency on earnings are examined, using a unique data set and a sample of more than 800 illegal aliens apprehended in Los Angeles, California. Analysis of the data show the importance of certain variables not previously available, speaking fluency at migration and…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Employment Level, English (Second Language), Hispanic Americans
Tomiyama, Machiko – 1994
This study examined the loss of proficiency in English as a Second Language (ESL) by Japanese children returning to Japan after a period of time in the United States. Three children who lived in the United States with their families for between 4 and 7 years were interviewed on a monthly basis after their return to Japan. The interviewer engaged…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Children, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)
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