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Christie, Frances; Rothery, Joan – 1979
Five articles explore ideas about the nature and kinds of courses dealing with language and education that should be developed in teacher education programs in the Australian school curriculum, specifically where English as mother tongue is used. They include: "Some Recent Developments in Mother Tongue English Teaching in Australia"…
Descriptors: Child Language, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Elementary School Teachers
Ekdawi, Sarah – TEANGA: The Irish Yearbook of Applied Linguistics, 1996
Use of poetry in advanced college-level classes of English as a second language is discussed, focusing on the oral (acoustic) texture of poems as contrasted with their syntactic, lexical, or figurative qualities. Discussion begins with the characteristics and objectives of the learners in question and the basis in both literary and linguistic…
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, Applied Linguistics, Classroom Techniques, Course Descriptions