Sentences with phrase «oral language structure»

«A huge goal of ours... is for students to have good control of their oral language structure so that information will strengthen their abilities to read and write,» Ogbe said.

Not exact matches

The CALS construct is defined as a constellation of the high - utility language skills that correspond to linguistic features prevalent in oral and written academic discourse across school content areas and that are infrequent in colloquial conversations (e.g., knowledge of logical connectives, such as nevertheless, consequently; knowledge of structures that pack dense information, such as nominalizations or embedded clauses; knowledge of structures for organizing argumentative texts) Over the last years, as part of the Catalyzing Comprehension Through Discussion Debate project funded by IES to the Strategic Educational Research Partnership, Dr. Paola Uccelli and her research team have produced a research - based, theoretically - grounded, and psychometrically robust instrument to measure core academic language skills (CALS - I) for students in grades 4 - 8.

The structures of language, the developmental stages that build oral and written language skills

Prior to a university - based workshop, 2 weeks of structured activities using the Model of Digital Storytelling (Figg, 2005) focused on rich language development, oral history, and movie - making technology in a community - based summer enrichment program designed for underachieving student learners.

In others, it could mean creating a special English language block in the school day that gets all students talking — English learners and native English speakers — through structured, oral language activities.

Retelling stories: A strategy for improving young children's comprehension, concept of story structure and oral language complexity.

Through reading, talking, and writing about reading, English language learners will extend their knowledge of the structure of English and expand oral vocabulary.

Through PE activities using patterns of counting - off and rhythms, first graders begin to recognize the same patterns that they apply to language structures both oral and in writing — such as a poetic ABAB pattern.

Phonological Awareness — an individual's awareness of and access to the sound structure of his / her oral language