A national survey of 80 universities was made to determine their course offerings designed to prepare elementary-school English teachers to teach listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Survey questions asked whether or not the universities presently required certain specific courses in liberal arts and in education as well as whether or not…

This 11th-grade unit on language of discourse is designed to help students gain the ability to evaluate argument, to construct logical and reasonable discourse, and to recognize ethical standards of free speech and inquiry. Stephen Toulmin's model of "evidence-warrant-claim" is used as a basic pattern for both the evaluation and…

THIS FIRST ISSUE OF THE NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION "BREAKTHROUGH" SERIES ANNOUNCES CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT IDEAS AND PRACTICES TO HELP SCHOOL SYSTEMS SELECT CURRICULUM MATERIALS. IT IS WRITTEN BY AND DIRECTED PRIMARILY TOWARD ENGLISH TEACHERS. THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES ARE INCLUDED--"A NEW RESPECT FOR ENGLISH" BY ELAINE E.…

A 1968 SURVEY OF FLORIDA JUNIOR COLLEGE JOURNALISM PROGRAMS GATHERED INFORMATION ABOUT THE NATURE OF COURSES OFFERED AND THE CREDIT GRANTED FOR SUCH COURSES. OF THE 26 JUNIOR COLLEGES IN THE STATE, 23 OFFERED JOURNALISM INSTRUCTION, WITH 14 PRESENTING A BASIC COURSE SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA. ALTHOUGH THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA…

A bibliography of 241 items compiled by the Committee on a Bibliography of College Teaching is arranged according to the following categories: (1) The English Program, (2) Freshman English, (3) The English Language, (4) Literature, (5) Drama, (6) Speech, (7) Journalism, and (8) The Preparation of English Teachers. The Freshman English category…

This resource book contains practical advice on all aspects of correspondence study, contributed by countries in which correspondence teaching has become an integral adjunct to the regular educational system. Included are discussions of school organization; writing, editing, and correction of studies; cost of production of materials; school…

Three sets of instructional materials for the teaching of Arabic phonology and script have been prepared on the basis of studies of (1) the phonologies of American English and Modern Literary Arabic (MLA), (2) the MLA writing system, and (3) the vocabularies of 11 Arabic textbooks used in the United States. The effectiveness of these materials was…

To furnish a curriculum guide for teachers of English as a second language, this manual explains the principles, sound and structure patterns, the vocabulary range, and the basic cultural and orientation information necessary to teach adults. To aid the teacher, such information as how adults learn, criteria for placing students by grade level,…

The conclusions and recommendations drawn from a 7-year study of the Initial Teaching Alphabet (i/t/a) made by the Reading Research Unit of London University are reported. The British research showed conclusively that traditional orthography (TO) is a major handicap for teachers and students of reading. Students taught with i/t/a made…

The Triad process, a structured form of small-group discussion, has been used in teaching freshman composition. After reading each other's first drafts, students separate into groups of three; in each group, students take the role of reader, writer, or observer. Using role descriptions provided by the teacher, the readers analyze the writers'…

In order to determine the effects of writing for different audiences and in different modes of discourse on the syntactic complexity of compositions written by sixth and tenth grade students, 240 students were asked to write in three different modes (argumentive, descriptive, and narrative) to be read by a teacher and a best friend. There was a…

Second language learning research suggests the existence of a theoretical device (a monitor) that can examine an utterance for grammaticality and appropriateness. The monitor theory gives insight into the process that native language speakers follow in learning to write their own language. The monitor can be developed consciously (learning) or…

Many students conceive of learning institutions as factories and of writing as the delivery of a predictable product. An excerpt from a typical student theme reflects the fact that much student writing is hardly more than an assemblage of cliches. Teachers can show students the stereotyped nature of typical student writing by constructing a…

This paper exemplifies and presents the rationale for notional writing materials which are currently being developed for use with advanced level ESL students. The basic assumption of these materials is that effective writing demands a clear sense of why something is being written, and for whom it is being written. The materials are organized…

The Chicanos' political experience is defined as "their thought, activity, and organization directed toward securing an equitable and meaningful allocation of values from a politico-governmental system controlled by the dominant population, the challenges to that system, as well as alternative forms of action and security taken to offset the…