Issue devoted to ways in which foreign literatures are taught in the language classroom. (DS)

Issue devoted to the teaching of foreign literatures. (DS)

Presents ideas for teaching the beginnings of literary criticism to secondary school English students that build on the confidence the students have in their command of the English language. (HOD)

Analyzes the persuasive techniques of advertisements and suggests strategies to promote students' critical reading of these ads. (MM)

Describes the four steps of critical reading adapted to the model of reading proposed by W. S. Gray: (1) the perception of the connotative power of words, (2) the comprehension of persuasive language, (3) the reaction of judgment, and (4) the integration of monitoring devices. (FL)

Describes a technique whereby students are taught to use information they have gained from secondary sources to write critical introductions to novels they have read. (FL)

Outlines a teaching approach that uses writing exercises as a means of encouraging students to read, analyze, and evaluate assigned literature and to express themselves creatively in light of their readings, analyses, and evaluations. (FL)

Reviews several "how to draw" books and notes how they can be used to develop specific reading skills. (FL)

Offers a set of principles for constructing questions that compel rereading and proposes a set of principles by which literature teachers can construct significant questions--ones which compel rereading and textual constraint while encouraging independent interpretation, response, and hypothesizing. Provides examples illustrating the applications…

Examines the effectiveness of instructional support provided in three treatments for sixth grade children interpreting metaphor in poetry. (HOD)

Describes the planning and preparation involved in an authors' week, where authors of children's books took part in school discussion groups. (MKM)