Presents a technique for improving pupils' language by studying idioms. (RB)

Described are the aims and methods of each of the four stages of a French language course, developed in England, according to which a student aged 13 will have received five years of French. (LS)

Too much attention is given to drill on the component skills of language and literacy and too little attention to their significant use. Component skills must be used in contexts that require their integration into some larger act that has a personal purpose that binds the parts into the whole. (Author/IRT)

Various ways of using student-produced cartoons in the classroom are described. Examples from language and literature are used.

Some ideas for enlivening spelling instruction. (JH)

Asserts that creative writing can be taught in grades 1-4. After a full discussion of the subject, teaching procedures are described. A list is presented of imaginative topics for pupils, such as "conversation between pigeons on the railroad station square" and "advertisement for a dangerous product." (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Proposes a language instruction process, including a diagrammatical presentation of the language process, for use with disadvantaged children as a means of expanding their use of the linguistic system and their range of linguistic experiences. (RB)

Presents a technique for increasing student's interest in language study. (RB)

Describes a program for teaching foreign languages in the elementary school classroom. Presents curriculum materials in three areas (vocabulary and contextual, language, and cultural) for grades K-3 and 4-6. (JMB)

Provides job cards for language activities in the middle grade classroom which pick up on ideas from "The Phantom Tollbooth," a children's classic by Norton Juster. (DD)

Defines language awareness, examines shifts in meaning which words undergo, and discusses how this topic can be applied in education. (DD)