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Daley, Patrick J.; Soloski, John – 1978
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels had little to say specifically about communication and language, but their works hint at the direction their critique of communication might have taken. Language and consciousness are conditioned by specific means of production and sociopolitical circumstances and are therefore ideological. The domain of ideology…
Descriptors: Advertising, Capitalism, Communication Research, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Download full textWard, Jean W. – 1974
Feminist resentment of journalistic language use can be found in published letters to the editor, in feminist periodicals, and in public address. This paper examines commentary on language, noting the charge that journalistic language frequently is discriminatory and offensive to women in defining them, in designating their identity, and in…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Communications, Females, Feminism
Sinclair, J. M. – 1985
Six propositions express central and crucial functions of language. Knowledge of these concepts constitutes language awareness, and they should therefore be used as a basis for designing language awareness curricula. They are that: (1) each individual has the ability to produce an unlimited number of different utterances from the limited…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Foreign Countries, Introductory Courses, Language
Popkewitz, Thomas S. – 1976
Socialization is a part of teacher education, and discussion of the phenomena involves the ethical consequences of teacher education programs on the system of thoughts and actions of the students. The institutional structures and the individuals interact. As student teachers participate in the daily activities and events of preparation, they…
Descriptors: Individual Development, Language, Language Role, Responsibility
Tinkel, A. J. – 1985
The objectives of any language awareness course must be to lead students to a greater awareness of what they already know about language. This kind of course is ideal for student-centered activity, with the students exploring language and the teacher only occasionally imparting new facts. It will have more immediacy if it focuses on the students'…
Descriptors: Course Objectives, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Enrichment, Curriculum Development
Morrison, Toni – Humanities, 1996
Includes the full text of Toni Morrison's acceptance speech for the 1996 Nobel Prize, awarded in Stockholm, Sweden. In the context of a modern day fable, Morrison investigates interwoven themes of language, creativity, and responsibility. Includes several photographs of the ceremony. (MJP)
Descriptors: Allegory, Authors, Awards, Black Achievement
1985
The Language Awareness Working Party is a task force of Great Britain's National Congress on Languages in Education (NCLE) concerned with individual and societal sensitivity to and conscious awareness of the nature of language and its role in human life. Its principal overall objective is the promotion of language awareness in a variety of forms…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Committees, Communication Skills, Cross Cultural Training
