Considers the benefits that professional, "real world" writing instruction can have in the English classroom. Describes the objectives, methods, curriculum, and results of a graduate seminar entitled "Writing for the Public." (HB)

Several ways of using films to generate student papers are discussed. (JH)

English departments need to develop an honest diversity of writing programs, identifying the unique values of different approaches. (JH)

Presents strategies and methods by which writing teachers can openly address the potential problem of plagiarism. Details specific methods used by one teacher to train students how to quote and cite materials without plagiarizing. (HB)

The profession of English needs desperately to define its terms, in order to end the present state of conceptual chaos in professional discussions.

A middle ground, between picky concern for correctness and mushy libertarianism, must be found on which to base effective freshman composition courses. (JH)

Any teacher can teach black literature if he is willing to give it the same respect he gives white writing. (JH)

A speech given a annual meeting of Conference on College Composition and Communication, National Council of Teachers of English (Seattle, Washington, March 19-21, 1970). (Editor/RD)

Focuses on growth and development of English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students at the undergraduate level between 1941 and 1966. Discusses developments and progress made in the profession of teaching ESL students. Shows how teaching ESL in this period inadvertently contributed to the creation of the disciplinary division of labor that continues…