This study of written language development and instruction of elementary school children found that realistic approaches are needed in teaching language usage, dialects, and registers. These approaches should include a nonrepetitive instructional system accounting for different linguistic abilities, a diagnostic evaluation of children's written…

Presents ten categories which illustrate the range of the uses of language, and discusses implications for instruction. (DD)

In this article the author examines the language of advertising and the uses to which a teacher can put it. (Author/RK)

Part of a continuing series. (SK)

This essay is an overview of the state of language arts and sciences, or theory and applied skills, and it surveys literacy levels, ability in both native and second languages, language education and linguistic theory. (CK)

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

Authors take a new look at composition, spelling, and handwriting skills on a nationwide basis in the elementary schools and report on the current situation. (GB)

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

An examination of current educational theory regarding the functions of language, exploring the relationship of language and thought, various views of linguistic poverty, and language use and instruction in the school. (EH)

A WORKING CONFERENCE, SPONSORED BY THE SOUTHWESTERN COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL LABORATORY, INC., WAS HELD IN ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO ON JUNE 4-6, 1967 TO BRING TOGETHER PERSONS INTERESTED IN RELATED RESEARCH ACTIVITIES IN THE AREA OF LANGUAGE ARTS FOR PRE-PRIMARY AND PRIMARY, CULTURALLY DIVERSE, NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING CHILDREN. PARTICIPANTS INVITED…

Urges classroom teachers to examine the current language research and dialect discoveries in order to teach effectively.

Elizabeth City State University has established a program concentrating in speech pathology and audiology which is nontraditional in approach. It serves as a support in giving valuable substance and current expertise to those programs already offered in the area of language proficiency. Growing out of the established educational concept that…

Encourages teachers to evaluate the appropriateness of language activities in the light of the language competencies children possess. (DD)

The study of foreign languages provides advantages both to the individual and to society. These include a perspective on one's native language, as well as the fostering of a facility for learning other languages, international understanding, and industrial prosperity. In addition, the study of language reveals the close interrelationship between…

Discusses the current debate over bi-dialectalism, proposing that we use dialects as a means of teaching language to everyone. (RB)