Talking in class : new entrant teachers' beliefs about oral language : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Education (Special Education), Massey University [PDF]
While oral or spoken language is a primary medium for teaching and classroom communication, there is an absence of literature that relates to the beliefs teachers have about oral language.
McDonald, Shona
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The role of individual and social variables in task performance. [PDF]
This paper reports on a data-based study in which we explored - as part of a larger-scale British-Hungarian research project - the effects of a number of affective and social variables on foreign language (L2) learners’ engagement in oral argumentative ...
Bronfenbrenner, U. +23 more
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O presente estudo investiga o impacto de um programa de leitura de histórias no desenvolvimento de habilidades da linguagem oral e escrita de crianças de baixo nível sócio-econômico. Trinta e oito crianças entre 4 e 6 anos de idade participaram do estudo.
Maria José de Oliveira Fontes +1 more
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An endangered oral tradition of the North Atlantic [PDF]
Dr Leonard is a Research Fellow at Trinity Hall College, the Department of Linguistics and the Scott Polar Research Institute, all at the University of Cambridge.
Leonard, Stephen Pax
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Perceptions of a culturally responsive school-based oral language and early literacy programme
‘Sounds, Words, Aboriginal Language and Yarning’ (SWAY) is a school-based oral language and early literacy programme based on Australian Aboriginal stories, knowledge and culture.
Taneal Norman +2 more
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Speech-Language Pathologists Collaborating with Head Start to Improve Children’s Early Language and Literacy Skills: Efficacy and Intensity Effects [PDF]
The current study examined the efficacy of a speech-language pathologist–designed and implemented emergent literacy program for Head Start preschoolers and the influence of intensity of intervention on children’s gains.
Berman, Sue, Moyle, Maura Jones
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Evaluating intermediate Spanish students\u27 speaking skills through a taped test: A pilot study [PDF]
A pilot study used the Spanish Oral Proficiency Test (SOPT)-a taped oral test to evaluate oral proficiency level of students of Intermediate Spanish. Based on the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines (1986), the Intermediate-Mid was the appropriate level of oral
Lee, Lina
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USING PICTURE SERIES TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ WRITING ABILITY (A Classroom Action Research at the Third Grade Students of MTS NW I Kembang Kerang in the Academic Year of 2010/2011) [PDF]
English as the first foreign language in Indonesia is taught starting from the elementary school level up to university level. The general objective of teaching English in Indonesia, based on the school based curriculum (KTSP), is to develop students’
ZAINI, MUHAMMAD
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A Case Study of the Impact of Musical Pattern Rehearsal on the Acquisition of Oral and Written Language Skills in a Young Child with Learning Differences [PDF]
The study explores the relationship between learning musical patterns and learning language patterns. A case study of a male diagnosed with learning differences in generative writing and graphic processing indicates a positive relationship between the ...
Carwile, Rebecca F.
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Talking and Saying nothing, or Saying something
In this article, Joan Francesc Mira analyses the art and craft of public speaking in the West, from antiquity to the present day. The Valencian writer follows a path that takes him through and involves a wide range of cultures, civilisations and ...
Joan Francesc Mira
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