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Language Change in This Century.
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Meade, Richard A. – English Journal, 1978
Cites examples of recent changes in language and suggests what forces are at work to produce language change. (DD)
Descriptors: Language, Language Attitudes, Language Role, Language Variation
Crisis in Language: Multi-Media
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Thompson, Nancy; Cromer, Jim – English Journal, 1977
Discusses six crises of verbal language which are imminent due to our reliance on the mass media and our separation from the phenomenal world. (DD)
Descriptors: English, Language, Language Role, Mass Media
Language Is Alive! (So What Else Is New?)
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Dittmer, Alan – English Journal, 1978
Provides examples of ways in which the linguistic environment is constantly changing. (DD)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Language, Language Attitudes, Language Role
Multi-Media: Expanded Language.
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Thompson, Nancy – English Journal, 1980
Provides a framework for an expanded view of language--moving beyond traditional verbal language--that will be useful to educators in the 1980s. (DD)
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education, Language, Language Role
Introduction to Language: A Junior-High Unit.
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Dicks, C. Rae; Horsman, Paulette – English Journal, 1990
Describes a three-week "Introduction to Language" unit for seventh graders. Notes that students feel ownership of the unit because of the amount of choice and sharing involved. Describes the unit's mini-lessons: human language; origins and development of language; symbols and words; meaning in context; and growth and change in language. (RS)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Grade 7, Junior High Schools, Language
Pun and Games.
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Vande Kopple, William J. – English Journal, 1995
Describes the way one teacher utilizes a variety of activities by which the power of language is analyzed and fostered among students of English. Describes methods for engaging students in language play, specifically through the use of puns. (HB)
Descriptors: Educational Games, English Curriculum, English Instruction, Language
The Game Game.
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Maltese, Ralph – English Journal, 1995
Describes the way one teacher utilizes a variety of language games by which the power of language is analyzed and fostered among students of English. Describes methods for engaging students in language games. Argues that games, to be effective, must give students a chance at success. (HB)
Descriptors: Educational Games, English Curriculum, English Instruction, Language
Language Awareness: The Whole Elephant.
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Andrews, Larry – English Journal, 1995
Details the various questions regarding the teaching of language and parts of language to high school students. Contends that teachers should aim at providing students with a view of the wholeness of language. Gives suggested criteria for classroom language activities. (HB)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Philosophy, English Curriculum, English Instruction
Working toward Language-Centered Writing and Literature Courses.
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Davis, Vivian I. – English Journal, 1995
Discusses the world of language and its role in the classroom through a series of vignettes experienced by one English teacher. Argues for a revolutionized view of language instruction in American institutions of education. (HB)
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, English Curriculum, English Instruction, Language
Truth Versus Beauty: Language and Literature in an Articulate Society
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Fisher, John H. – English Journal, 1973
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Cultural Background, Cultural Context, Diachronic Linguistics
Takin' Care of Business.
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Krogness, Mary Mercer – English Journal, 1995
Describes the way one teacher utilizes a variety of activities by which the power of language is analyzed and fostered among students of English. Describes methods for making dictionaries, playing with words, and chanting poetry. (HB)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Dictionaries, Educational Philosophy, English Curriculum