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Phonetics, Traditional Grammar, And Transformational Grammar, Lois Kirkpatrick
Phonetics, Traditional Grammar, And Transformational Grammar, Lois Kirkpatrick
Honors Theses
As a Music Major, I chose to study for my honors project, three facets of grammar that would be helpful in teaching public school music. These areas are phonetics, which will aid in the correct pronunciation of words used in singing and speaking, traditional grammar, which is essential for both oral and written communications, and a study in the new tranformational grammar, to keep abreast with changing grammatical skills. Though somewhat related, these skills are best discussed separately.
Improving Reading Skills, Patricia L. Greene
Improving Reading Skills, Patricia L. Greene
Honors Theses
This study was undertaken as an aid for improving basic reading skills through the use of the Reading Lab instructed by Mrs. L. Durkee. This was thus a developmental project in reading.
Specifically stated the purposes of this study were: (1) to increase reading rate; (2) to increase the use of words through vocabulary building; and (3) to improve reading comprehension.
The approach here is one of practicality rather than theoretical. The course of study was therefore geared from the particular deficiencies of the student to improve reading skills. This afforded flexibility on the parts of the instructor and the …