Contains examples of student work in dialog, either imitating literature or telling their own stories. Shows how to use this activity with other activities to develop and to integrate reading, writing, speaking, and listening. (RL)

Urges everyone in journalism or journalism education to emphasize the use of "sexless" plural pronouns where pertinent and possible. (RL)

Lists six steps to the systems approach, illustrating their use in resolving written business communication problems. (RL)

When traditional methods of teaching composition--such as those based on great books or emulation of models--failed, the author found that television was useful for teaching necessary skills. His University of Michigan freshman composition course, based strictly on television programs, is discussed. (JMD)

Describes research that examines the social and the pedagogical factors responsible for differences in the writing skills of elementary grade students. (AM)

Describes the obstacles facing hearing-impaired people as they attempt to learn to write and suggests ways to implement a college program to bridge the gap between natural Sign Language and English. (DD)

Discusses realities contributing to the avoidance of simplified characters by Chinese language teachers: (1) Many of them left China before 1949. (2) The Cold War and McCarthyism retarded the introduction of Chinese language realities. (3) Chinese language publications in the U.S. are mostly in complex characters. (KM)

A questionnaire survey of students in basic English courses on the McKeesport campus of Pennsylvania State University revealed how students respond to teacher comments on their compositions, and how teachers can write more effective comments. (DD)

Ken Macrorie's "Uptaught" advocates a student-centered approach to writing which focuses too much attention on self analysis and exploration, and not enough attention on values beyond the self. (D D)

Investigated the written syntactic maturity of students from grade ten through sixth year university. (DD)

Describes the dubious successes of the "Learning Assistance Program" at a community college in British Columbia. Discusses present and future considerations for solving problems and attending to the educational needs of students in that geographical area. (RL)

Uses students' responses to poetry as a tool for developing writing skills and literature appreciation. Matches literature materials to students' levels of experience. (RL)

Describes a test of language usage, spelling, and grammar and punctuation which is used to predict students' performance in writing courses. (KS)

Describes and outlines a teaching technique that can be adopted to a composition course which employs thematic reading. (MB)

University-level foreign language courses do not usually prepare the future language teacher for the task of correcting students' work. Using student papers as an example, general questions on the subject of errors are discussed, and appropriate procedure is suggested. (IFS/WGA)