Irene Thompson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3843996 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Irene Thompson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Irene |
| FAMILY NAME | Thompson |
| SIGNATURE | THOMPSON I |
| AFFILIATIONS | George Washington University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 65 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1929 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Can Strategy Instruction Improve Listening Comprehension
This paper is a report of a classroom‐based, longitudinal study of the effect of learner strategy instruction on listening comprehension. The subjects were students enrolled in a required third‐year Russian language course at a university. The listening materials consisted of video segments from simulated authentic materials developed for learners of Russian, segments from Russian television, and movies. The hypothesis that systematic instruction…
A Study of Interrater Reliability of the ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview in Five European Languages
The widespread use of the Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) throughout the government, the academic community, and increasingly the business world, calls for an extensive program of research concerning theoretical and practical issues associated with the assessment of speaking proficiency in general, and the use of the OPI in particular. The present study, based on 795 double‐rated oral proficiency interviews, was designed to consider the followin…
The Proficiency Movement
The proficiency movement in second language teaching has had a wide impact because it represents not only an attempt to introduce a national metric but also an attempt to modify the nature of the second language curriculum. The curriculum has been pointed in the direction of instruction in the functional use of language. The list of languages affected by the proficiency movement includes both commonly and less commonly taught languages. This pape…
Reading Real Russian, Volume 1
Foreign Accents Revisited
This study investigated factors associated with the acquisition of L2 pronunciation and methodological problems associated with the study of foreign accents. Thirty-six native speakers of Russian fluent in English read specially constructed English sentences and a prose passage, and talked spontaneously about their daily routine. They also filled out background and attitude questionnaires. The three speech samples were rated for accentedness by l…
The Russian Language. Problems of Theory and Methodology
Reading Research and Its Curricular Implications
Russian Word Order
Language is used for more than communication of referential information. Grammar serves to fulfill communicative needs as well as to express propositional content directly. In order to be effective, verbal communication must be appropriate, selective, and expressive. Therefore, language must provide the speaker with ways to express ideas effectively: to focus the listener's attention on certain parts of the message while downgrading others; to ac…
La France. Population. Economie et régions
Logical Inference in Archaeological Interpretation
Health Practice Indices
Health Practice Indices I. F. Thompson CopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.35.3.277-a Published Online: August 29, 2011
Tentative Record Forms for School Health Work— School Health Record Form 2
Tentative Record Forms for School Health Work— School Health Record Form 2 Report of the Sub-committee of the Committee on Administrative Practice George C. Ruhland, I. F. Thompson, Ira V. Hiscock, George T. Palmer, Walter M. Brunet, Jessamine Whitney, Mary Brownell, and Merrill Champion CopyRight*Report of the Sub-Committee on Record Forms (prepared by George T. Palmer, and recommended for experimental use), presented to the Committee on Adminis…
Foreign Accents Revisited
This study investigated factors associated with the acquisition of L2 pronunciation and methodological problems associated with the study of foreign accents. Thirty-six native speakers of Russian fluent in English read specially constructed English sentences and a prose passage, and talked spontaneously about their daily routine. They also filled out background and attitude questionnaires. The three speech samples were rated for accentedness by l…
Can Strategy Instruction Improve Listening Comprehension
This paper is a report of a classroom‐based, longitudinal study of the effect of learner strategy instruction on listening comprehension. The subjects were students enrolled in a required third‐year Russian language course at a university. The listening materials consisted of video segments from simulated authentic materials developed for learners of Russian, segments from Russian television, and movies. The hypothesis that systematic instruction…
A Study of Interrater Reliability of the ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview in Five European Languages
The widespread use of the Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) throughout the government, the academic community, and increasingly the business world, calls for an extensive program of research concerning theoretical and practical issues associated with the assessment of speaking proficiency in general, and the use of the OPI in particular. The present study, based on 795 double‐rated oral proficiency interviews, was designed to consider the followin…
The Proficiency Movement
The proficiency movement in second language teaching has had a wide impact because it represents not only an attempt to introduce a national metric but also an attempt to modify the nature of the second language curriculum. The curriculum has been pointed in the direction of instruction in the functional use of language. The list of languages affected by the proficiency movement includes both commonly and less commonly taught languages. This pape…
Tentative Record Forms for School Health Work— School Health Record Form 2
Tentative Record Forms for School Health Work— School Health Record Form 2 Report of the Sub-committee of the Committee on Administrative Practice George C. Ruhland, I. F. Thompson, Ira V. Hiscock, George T. Palmer, Walter M. Brunet, Jessamine Whitney, Mary Brownell, and Merrill Champion CopyRight*Report of the Sub-Committee on Record Forms (prepared by George T. Palmer, and recommended for experimental use), presented to the Committee on Adminis…
Health Practice Indices
Health Practice Indices I. F. Thompson CopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.35.3.277-a Published Online: August 29, 2011
Logical Inference in Archaeological Interpretation
La France. Population. Economie et régions
Russian Word Order
Language is used for more than communication of referential information. Grammar serves to fulfill communicative needs as well as to express propositional content directly. In order to be effective, verbal communication must be appropriate, selective, and expressive. Therefore, language must provide the speaker with ways to express ideas effectively: to focus the listener's attention on certain parts of the message while downgrading others; to ac…
Reading Research and Its Curricular Implications
The Russian Language. Problems of Theory and Methodology
The Proficiency Movement
The proficiency movement in second language teaching has had a wide impact because it represents not only an attempt to introduce a national metric but also an attempt to modify the nature of the second language curriculum. The curriculum has been pointed in the direction of instruction in the functional use of language. The list of languages affected by the proficiency movement includes both commonly and less commonly taught languages. This pape…
Reading Real Russian, Volume 1
Foreign Accents Revisited
This study investigated factors associated with the acquisition of L2 pronunciation and methodological problems associated with the study of foreign accents. Thirty-six native speakers of Russian fluent in English read specially constructed English sentences and a prose passage, and talked spontaneously about their daily routine. They also filled out background and attitude questionnaires. The three speech samples were rated for accentedness by l…
A Study of Interrater Reliability of the ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview in Five European Languages
The widespread use of the Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) throughout the government, the academic community, and increasingly the business world, calls for an extensive program of research concerning theoretical and practical issues associated with the assessment of speaking proficiency in general, and the use of the OPI in particular. The present study, based on 795 double‐rated oral proficiency interviews, was designed to consider the followin…
Can Strategy Instruction Improve Listening Comprehension
This paper is a report of a classroom‐based, longitudinal study of the effect of learner strategy instruction on listening comprehension. The subjects were students enrolled in a required third‐year Russian language course at a university. The listening materials consisted of video segments from simulated authentic materials developed for learners of Russian, segments from Russian television, and movies. The hypothesis that systematic instruction…
Linguistics (8 works) · History (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Mathematics education (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication (2 works)