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Download full textLaird, Charlton; And Others – Baltimore Bulletin of Education, A Journal of the Public Schools, 1967
This bulletin reports on condensations of tape-recorded lectures and discussions from a workshop which trained a nucleus of Baltimore City Public School personnel in new approaches to the study of the English language. Designed to serve as an orientation, it is made up of six major sections: (1) Charlton Laird discusses the history, nature, and…
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Dialect Studies, Language Arts, Language Usage
Peer reviewedLaird, Charlton – College Composition and Communication, 1971
Dicussion of the usage and meaning of new words, and the means by which they are acquired. (DR)
Descriptors: Language Usage, Linguistics, Morphology (Languages), Semantics
Laird, Charlton – 1970
Twenty-three lectures by Charlton Laird, read at institutes and conventions over the past 25 years, deal with such areas in language, literature, and composition as "Trouble in Linguistic Paradise;""A Simpleminded Look at Grammar and Language;""Goldilocks and the Three or More Rhetorics;""More About Creative Writing;""The Case for Casebooks: One…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Educational Philosophy, English Education, Grammar
Peer reviewedLaird, Charlton – English Journal, 1970
Advocates the teaching of etymology and increased emphasis on vocabulary instruction by English teachers. (RD)
Descriptors: English, English Instruction, Etymology, Language Classification
Laird, Charlton – Engl J, 1969
Recounts entrance of language study into the curriculum and suggests areas potentially interesting to students. (RD)
Descriptors: Dialect Studies, Educational Innovation, Elementary Education, English Instruction
