Urges greater appreciation by society of the power of the English language and greater efforts by English teachers to foster such an attitude. (RD)

Presents examples of language pollution fostered by mass media which ignore distinctions in language and warns that this can weaken the general feeling for the nature of English. (MB)

The McCaig article appears in this issue, pp. 612-18. (RD)

Argues for a study of semantics as the central focus of the English curriculum. (RD)

Urges English teachers to eliminate sexist language and lists specific methods for doing so. (AEA)

Discusses grammar programs, most of which are aimed at business or technical English. Although many search for common word/phrase errors and provide statistical summaries of word usage, others are being developed which will provide a thorough contextual analysis of business English. (JN)

In the United States, beliefs about language are inextricably linked with social status and economic opportunity. Courts, therefore, have been reluctant to resolve issues of language choice and use by methodically moving toward a synthesis of law that could be applied in current controversies over language policies. (Author/GC)

Examines one section of "The Review of Research in Education" for 1983 for ideas or information helpful to reading teachers. (FL)

Proposes the use of analogies as a means of helping secondary school students become mature and versatile readers. Offers an example of how analogy was used in one lesson. (FL)

Discusses the various functions of the Spanish gerund/participle: (1) as a constituent in the progressive construction, (2) as an adverb, (3) as an adverbial, and (4) as the head of clause. (EKN)

Examines Australian Italian and some characteristics that distinguish it from standard Italian, and discusses the problem of which to teach in the schools. (EKN)

Reviews some problems which have risen from the neglect of actual language behavior data in favor of data comprised solely of intuitions as to sentences' grammaticality. Discusses a study of syntactic variation across sex in Japanese as an example of research using socially situated real speech. (EKN)