Speech given before the National Association of Educational Broadcasters' Convention (Washington, D.C., November 22, 1968).

In the United States, where printed literature is the primary vehicle of myth, the journalist plays a critical role as creator and perpetuator of myth through the narrative form. Narratives of fiction or fact express the traditions and metaphors of a particular culture and transform archetypal myths into myths unique to that culture. A comparison…

Three aspects of the question of ethnography in education are considered: (1) an explanation of how some ethnographic methodology might be applied in ethnographic research in education; (2) some weaknesses and strengths of ethnography; and (3) a proposal for a case study in which essentials of ethnographic research might be carried out in a…

In this booklet, an eleven year old Hawaiian boy describes his family and his life in Hawaii. Included are descriptions of his school, his participation in sports, his home and his food. A glossary of Hawaiian terms used in the text is provided. (EB)

This is a collection of 60 essays on dialectology written in the period from 1942 to 1979. The essays fall into the categories of theoretical, applied, and critical dialectology. Some of the more recent titles include: "System and Variety in American English,""Dialect Differences and Social Differences in an Urban…

Following a brief discussion of the history of Yiddish children's literature, which is said to have come into existence as a separate literary form at the beginning of the twentieth century and to have ended in 1939, this paper presents 12 Yiddish nursery rhymes in Yiddish and in English translations. The rhymes are divided into four categories:…

THIS READER, TOGETHER WITH THE "NEWSPAPER KURDISH" AND "SHORT STORIES" READERS, FOLLOWS THE "BASIC COURSE IN KURDISH" (BY THE SAME AUTHORS) AND ASSUMES A MASTERY OF THE BASIC ELEMENTS OF THE STRUCTURE AND WRITING SYSTEM AS PRESENTED IN THE BEGINNING COURSE. WRITTEN IN THE SULAIMANIAN DIALECT, THE OFFICIAL DIALECT OF…

THIS BOOK IS THE COMPANION TO "SHORT STORIES, PART 1," WHICH CONTAINS THE READING SELECTIONS UPON WHICH THESE GLOSSARIES AND GRAMMATICAL NOTES ARE BASED. LISTED INDIVIDUALLY RATHER THAN CUMULATIVELY, THE GLOSSARY FOR EACH SELECTION IS PREFACED BY A SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE AUTHOR WHICH NOT ONLY IDENTIFIES HIS GENRE BUT DESCRIBES HIS…

THIS BOOK SUPPLIES THE GRAMMAR NOTES AND ENGLISH GLOSSES FOR THE 31 POEMS CONTAINED IN ITS COMPANION BOOK, "POETRY, PART 1," OF THE "CONTEMPORARY ARABIC READERS" SERIES. THE GLOSSARY FOR EACH POEM IS PRESENTED INDIVIDUALLY AND IS PREFACED BY A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE POET. THE SKETCH ALSO PROVIDES A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE POET'S GENRE AND…

SOUND MOTION PICTURES, CAREFULLY DEVELOPED AND COORDINATED BY LANGUAGE TEACHERS USING THE INFORMATION FROM SUCH LANGUAGE-RELATED DISCIPLINES AS PHILOSOPHY, LITERATURE, PSYCHOLOGY, LINGUISTICS, AND CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY, COULD BE USED EFFECTIVELY IN BOTH LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION AND TEACHER EDUCATION. AFTER AN AVERAGE ACADEMIC THREE-YEAR COURSE IN…

The format of the first volume in this five-volume accelerated course in Romanian consists of (1) a dialog , which introduces new structures and vocabulary, (2) a dialog translation, (3) grammar drills, (4) a reading, (5) comprehension questions and answers based on the reading, and (6) a vocabulary listing for the lesson. Later volumes include…

This is the fourth in a series of four reading books written in Spanish and designed for use in elementary bilingual education programs. The reader contains five stories. Four of them concern the adventures of various animals; the last concerns a wedding. Each story is followed by a list of new vocabulary and the reader is illustrated with…