Preprint from a forthcoming pamphlet of the National Conference on Research in English. (Editor/SW)

Describes part of a junior high reading program designed to enable students to bridge the gap between the demands of elementary school and junior high school. Discusses teaching and motivational techniques which bring about positive results. (RW)

Describes process of preparing a show for parents' night (at Herman Street School, East Syracuse-Minoa School District, New York) which evolved from third graders' study of Italy. (SW)

A preprint from a forthcoming pamphlet of the National Conference on Research in English. (Editor/SW)

Describes a method used to teach lipreading to deaf children in Germany. The presentation of a printed word on a flashcard with its spoken counterpart produced dramatic improvements in lipreading, speech, and reading development. (MB)

Male and Female speakers in this study differed little in the amount or quality of their talk about emotions. The "folklinguistic" that females are more emotionally expressive than males was not supported. (PD)

Discusses methods for using the Relationship World Index--Version 2, (RW1-2), as a classroom discussion exercise and as a means of understanding communication processes in dating or marital relationships. (RW1-2 is a q-sort procedure for measuring the extent to which a couple has constructed a shared view of the world.) (PD)

Proposes that foreign language teaching can operate as a factor in the formation of interlanguage-specific rules either (1) by presenting the learner with foreign language material which deviates from target norms, or (2) indirectly by triggering off psycholinguistic processes, which in turn lead to interlanguage-specific rule formation. (EKN)

Analyzes data from natural settings and controlled experiments in order to describe native speakers' responses to questions asked by nonnatives and discusses what variables of a nonnative's speech might elicit these responses. (EKN)

The achievement levels of college students taking a bioethics course who demonstrated high and low degrees of speech anxiety were studied. Students with high speech anxiety interacted less with instructors and did not achieve as well as other students. Strategies instructors can use to help students are suggested. (Authors/PP)

A two-month experience at a major television station produced five basic recommendations for broadcast educators interested in developing a relevant broadcast curriculum. (PD)