In this study, utterances of prepubertal children. were examined for the purpose of limiting and isolating linguistic factors which may be important for aural perception of sex. The subjects were 43 third grade children, 21 boys and 22 girls, who ranged in age from eight years, four months, to nine years. Each of the children produced 19 types of…

Warns that we cannot mask the facts about man's relation to the biosphere by learning to say the right things to each other. (TO)

Presents information on documents in the ERIC system concerning sexism in the language of children's reading materials. (RB)

Stresses the importance of instruction which prepares students to think critically about the language of politics. (RB)

Presents ideas for preparing preservice teachers for language instruction with fieldwork which progresses through several stages. (RB)

The results of study examining several indices of language use of normal and retarded children show the greatest difference between groups in sentence complexity and diversity. (TO)

Through example, shows that the accuracy of the assessment of language competence, performance, and dominance of the potentially bilingual student may be seriously impaired by inappropriate conditions of observation and lack of knowledge by the assessor. (TO)

Based on a series of lectures given at the Summer Language Program, University of California at Santa Cruz, August 1972; translated from the English; special issue on "Changing Linguistics." (DD)

Discusses the learning process and language usage in the English classroom, building on a theory of language originated by Alfred Korzybski. (RB)