Contains an interview with journalist Edwin Newman in which Newman urges that students be taught to use language with greater precision, and a response to Newman by John S. Mayher and Rita S. Brause. (DD)

Explores (from the point of view of the writer, a children's author) one aspect of learning about language that is present in the picture books he writes: the relation between sound and sense. (SR)

Outlines the beliefs people have about speech styles, how and why people modify speech styles, and the role of speech style in social identity. Discusses educational implications of these findings. (RL)

Attempts to bring some clarity to an understanding of the common attitudes that this culture holds about language and grammar standards. Notes that understanding language attitudes can help language arts teachers know where they themselves stand and how they can address negative or harmful attitudes in the educational setting. (SG)

Describes an attitude study which suggests that by the age of eight or nine children are developing stereotyped attitudes toward speakers of nonstandard English. (DD)

Discusses one fourth-grade student's attempt to write a bilingual script, based upon a story told to her by her father, within the context of a bilingual playwriting project. Concludes that bilingualism needs to be seen as part of quality education for all students, not as compensatory education only for language minority students. (SG)

Compares teachers' and students' perceptions of children's effective oral communication in the classroom. (DD)