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Improvement Of Oral English In The First Grade In The Santo Domingo School, Ramona Rhon
Improvement Of Oral English In The First Grade In The Santo Domingo School, Ramona Rhon
Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs
The purpose of this study was (1) to aid in developing oral language patterns essential for better understandings of some common concepts in English; (2) to provide seven field trips from rural to urban communities for stimulating first-hand experiences; (3) to couple these trips with an extensive use of related audio-visual materials for immediate reinforcement learning; (4) to originate oral dialogue in English for classroom practices before and after each excursion; and (5) to test the significance of the gains made in use of English.
The Efficiency Of Bilingual Children In Understanding Analogies In The English Language, Veta Walker Mercer
The Efficiency Of Bilingual Children In Understanding Analogies In The English Language, Veta Walker Mercer
Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies ETDs
It is felt that the bilingual population in the southwest is of significantly large enough proportions to warrant specialized emphasis on its education problems. These children need to become better comprehensive readers, not merely word-callers. Teachers frequently assume that if their pupils recognize the words of selection, comprehension is assured. Unfortunately, this is not true in many instances. There are many aspects of English language which might cause bilingual children some difficulty. A few of these might be the analogy, synonym, homonym, multiple meaning, antonym, and the idiomatic expression. This study is designed to reveal the extent which bilingual children …