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Inspiring an Aesthetic Appreciation of Language
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Haas, Kay Parks – English Journal, 2011
The author has always had an appreciation of language--its rhythms, sounds, wordplay, dialects, usage variations, and powers to manipulate. Reflecting on how she came to this appreciation, she remembers her father reciting poems to her when she was a little girl. She was enthralled by the rhythm, the rhyme, and the sounds of the words--both…
Descriptors: Aesthetics, Language Rhythm, Language Usage, Language Variation
The Business of School: Economic Models of Assessment
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Daniel O. Lawler – English Journal, 2013
This article explores problems with the trend of business language making its way into schools and provides strategies for how to address this issue.
Descriptors: Business, Language Variation, Educational Strategies, Educational Environment
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
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
Talismans for Language Study.
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Carroll, Joyce Armstrong – English Journal, 1981
Offers suggestions, exercises, and resources for teaching students how to study and appreciate language. (RL)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Higher Education, Language Research