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KITZHABER, ALBERT R. – 1963
A REPORT ON THE TEACHING OF WRITING IN COLLEGE CONSISTS OF BOTH A GENERAL SURVEY OF FRESHMAN ENGLISH COURSES IN A WIDE VARIETY OF AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS AND A SPECIFIC STUDY OF THE FRESHMAN ENGLISH PROGRAM AT DARTMOUTH COLLEGE. THE GENERAL SURVEY PROVIDES A DISCUSSION OF TYPES OF FRESHMAN COURSES, THE PRESENT STATE OF FRESHMAN COMPOSITION PROGRAMS…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Course Descriptions, Educational Research, Educational Trends
Florida State Univ., Tallahassee. Curriculum Study Center. – 1968
THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY CURRICULUM STUDY CENTER IN ENGLISH--THE IDENTIFICATION OF GUIDELINES FOR THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS--WAS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED BY DEVELOPING THREE CURRICULUMS, EACH BASED UPON A DIFFERENT APPROACH. THE THREE APPROACHES WERE--(1) TRI-COMPONENT, (2) THEMATIC LITERATURE-CENTERED,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
1966
This audiolingual basic course in modern Bulgarian consists of 136 lesson units in 13 volumes, supplemented by (1) a vocabulary to Volume I and II, (2) a supplementary text for Volume II, and (3) a vocabulary to Volume XII. The course, intended for the Defense Language Institute intensive language program, is designed to train native English…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Bulgarian, Cultural Context, Cyrillic Alphabet
College Entrance Examination Board, New York, NY. Commission on English. – 1968
Literature, language, and composition are integrated in this collection of 30 model teaching units for grades 9-12. The units are concerned with (1) the explication and comparison of novels by Hemingway, Wilder, Kipling, and Knowles, (2) short story techniques used by writers from Poe to Joyce, (3) poetic structure and themes as demonstrated in…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Curriculum Guides, Drama, English Instruction
Summerfield, Geoffrey – 1965
Written primarily for the secondary school English teacher, this book suggests specific projects to extend the range and variety of the English curriculum and to develop the students' language skills and imaginations. Part I contains discussions of the nature and purposes of English lessons, the place of literature in education, methods for…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Assignments, Creative Writing, English Instruction
Richfield Public Schools, Minn. – 1968
The Richfield, Minnesota, High School Language Arts Department studied the composition skills of 24 classes in grades 10, 11, and 12 to assess (1) improvement in writing skills from each grade level to the next as an indication of the effectiveness of a composition curriculum which emphasized expository writing, a d (2) the effects of lay readers…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, English Curriculum, English Instruction, Grading
Carroll, John B. – 1968
A series of investigations studied dimensions of individual differences in elementary and secondary school students in ability and "style" in speaking, writing, and other verbal performances; the relations of these dimensions to measured personality characteristics; early childhood and home background factors in these variables; and the relative…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Elementary School Students, Family Environment, Individual Characteristics
Richfield Public Schools, Minn. – 1968
This curriculum guide for grades 7-12 divides the language arts into five areas: (1) language; (2) literature; (3) skills involved in reading, in studying, and in using the library; (4) speaking, listening, and mass media; and (5) written composition. An introductory section discusses the rationale behind the total plan, offers "perspectives" on…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, English Instruction, Language, Language Arts
Ridley Township School District, Folsom, PA. – 1961
Suggested materials and activities for three grade levels are presented in this language arts guide. The elementary and junior high programs are designed to satisfy the child's basic need for language and to help him reach higher levels of development; the senior high program, broad enough to include the extremes of academic ability, emphasizes…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Educational Media, English Instruction, Grammar
Saunders, Dorothy O. – 1967
The relationship between audience and story-teller can be the most dynamic factor in composition by young people. However, the child must know that his creative endeavors will be presented to an audience which is favorably disposed toward him and which will offer only appreciative constructive criticism. Through noting the responses of his…
Descriptors: Audience Participation, Audiences, Classroom Communication, Creative Activities
Goldstein, Miriam B. – 1966
This book describes for parents the effects that recent developments in language study have had on the English curriculum. The discussion covers (1) literacy (language development in small children, spelling, reading, writing, and bilingualism); (2) grammar (structural linguistics, transformational grammar, and the new textbooks); (3) usage…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Diachronic Linguistics, Dialects, Dictionaries
Crews, Ruthellen – 1968
This study compared a grammar program using a linguistic approach with one using a traditional approach to determine how each affects children's ability (1) to construct sentences which have variety in structure, and (2) to comprehend silent reading. Five experimental and five control classes of fourth-grade children were randomly selected from…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Elementary Education, English Instruction, Grade 4
Camille, Sister M., Ed. – 1962
Twenty-three abstracts represent studies completed in fulfillment of the master's degree at The Cardinal Stritch College. Eighteen of the studies consider problems in the teaching of reading; five treat education of the mentally handicapped. Each abstract states the problem, procedure, and findings, and provides summary and conclusions. The…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Annotated Bibliographies, Arithmetic, Educational Programs
Martin, Samuel E. – 1968
Until the coming of World War II, little interest was shown in the teaching of Japanese outside Japan except for the elementary schools set up to inculcate the ways of the homeland among the offspring of Japanese emigrants to places like Hawaii, the Pacific Coast of North America, and Brazil. A few European and American universities offered…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Dictionaries, Educational Media, Japanese
Arnold, Roslyn, Ed. – 1977
One in a series of annual publications, this booklet contains reviews of books relating to the teaching of English and the language arts. The books are divided into ten categories: teaching principles and practice, source books and course books, writing and rhetoric, reading and books for the slower reader, language and oral work, prose, poetry,…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Drama, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education
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