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Johns, Ann M.; Salmani Nodoushan, M. A. – Online Submission, 2015
This forum paper is based on a friendly and informative interview conducted with Professor Ann M. Johns. In providing answers to the interview questions, Professor Johns suggests that all good teaching is ESP, and also distinguishes between EOP and ESP in that the former entails much more "just in time" learning while the latter may be…
Descriptors: English for Special Purposes, Interviews, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Gough, Jim – College Quarterly, 2009
The experience of teaching informal logic (sometimes called practical logic) at the introductory level over the last fifteen years has allowed the author the opportunity to identify some interesting problems. These problems have been encountered by students attempting to understand some of the ideas presented in the informal logic course and by…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Logical Thinking, Credibility, Liberal Arts
Munday, Ian – Journal of Philosophy of Education, 2009
This paper explores Stanley Cavell's notion of "passionate utterance", which acts as an extension of/departure from (we might read it as both) J. L. Austin's theory of the performative. Cavell argues that Austin having made the revolutionary discovery that truth claims in language are bound up with how words perform, then gets bogged by convention…
Descriptors: Ethical Instruction, Homosexuality, Rhetorical Theory, Moral Values

Hightower, Toby E. – NASSP Bulletin, 1984
A former school administrator advises several bold steps to strengthen administrators: put meaning into language, reason into changes, responsibility into rights, enforcement into rules, and substance into instruction. (MD)
Descriptors: Administrators, Coherence, Comprehension, Course Content

Brooker, Gerard T.; And Others – English Journal, 1993
Presents four responses from practicing teachers and four responses from high school students to the question, "What principles do you apply in selecting, discussing, and recommending contemporary literature that has sexually explicit language or subject matter?" (HB)
Descriptors: Contemporary Literature, Controversial Issues (Course Content), English Curriculum, English Instruction

Casagrande, Diane O.; Croddy, W. Stephen – Journal of General Education, 1985
Describes an interdisciplinary writing course organized around the theme of language as used by individual disciplines. Reports a significant improvement in students' writing skills, exposure to a breadth of issues to which these skills might be applied in students' respective majors, and an enthusiastic response to the approach. (DMM)
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Evaluation, Higher Education
Pennycook, Alastair – Hong Kong Papers in Linguistics and Language Teaching, 1994
A discussion of the teaching of English for academic purposes (EAP) focuses on criticism that the content of such courses is thin and that they are offered as a service to other disciplines. It is proposed that the emphasis of EAP instruction be shifted to the role English plays as a medium for conveying meaning to the ways in which English is…
Descriptors: Course Content, Cultural Context, Educational Objectives, English for Academic Purposes

Logan, Maureen F. – English Journal, 1985
Assesses extent and nature of cutss made in the version of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" used in a 1980 Harcourt, Brace and World anthology. Suggests that rather than serving to shorten or clarify the play as claimed by the editor, cuts were actually made to clean up the text and eliminate any passages with a sexual connotation. (RBW)
Descriptors: Censorship, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Drama, English Instruction

Germain, Claude; LeBlanc, Raymond – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1982
The communicative method of language instruction is compared with other, generalized methods currently used, in terms of content, the variety of forms taught to express the same thought, oral and written language, emphasis on form versus message content, the nonverbal element, and the teaching of language context. (MSE)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Communicative Competence (Languages), Comparative Analysis, Course Content

Olson, Gary A. – College English, 1982
Submits classroom research on students' recognition of cliches. Notes that many beginning writers are unfamiliar with many cliches. Suggests that teachers should be aware of students' limited language experiences and adjust their teaching methods accordingly. (RL)
Descriptors: Cliches, College English, Course Content, Educational Research

Repetti, Lori – Italica, 1996
Argues that teaching about Italian dialects ought to form an integral part of the Italian curriculum and offers ideas on what could be included in such a course. Points out that the study of these dialects can teach students about the history and synchronic structures of standard Italian as well as the role of Italian sociolinguistics as it…
Descriptors: Course Content, Descriptive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, Foreign Countries
Akyel, Ayse – TESL Canada Journal, 1995
Describes a stylistic analysis component added to a training course for the use of literature in an English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) context. The aim of this component was to help the student teachers explore the effectiveness of applying stylistic analysis of poetry to the design of language activities for use in EFL classes. (12 references)…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Course Content, Course Objectives, English (Second Language)
Willett, Tom H. – 1985
Defining general semantics as the study of words or symbols and their effects on human behavior, this paper proposes a general semantics approach to the teaching of style in college introductory speech courses. The paper cites results of a 1980 survey of basic speech course content and emphases, showing that while most courses devote a great deal…
Descriptors: Course Content, English, Higher Education, Integrated Activities
Knecht, Kathryn – Teaching Tolerance, 1996
Explores issues involved in teaching literature that may use derogatory racial terms to a multicultural class. Ways to approach racially insensitive literature or language in worthwhile literature that may appear insensitive are discussed. Open discussion and respect for students' opinions are essential. (SLD)
Descriptors: Black Students, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Cultural Awareness, Elementary Secondary Education
Multicultural Literacy for Faculty: Accommodating Non-Native Speakers of English in Content Courses.

Wiener, Harvey S. – Rhetoric Review, 1985
Defines and discusses "multicultural literacy." Maintains that multicultural literacy for teachers would permit a growing culturally diverse student population to fulfill the purpose of education within the context of each student's special linguistic and cultural gifts. (EL)
Descriptors: College English, Course Content, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences
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