The book presents the following papers and transcriptions of debates: "One Country, Two Systems, Three Languages" (Sue Wright); "The Background to Language Change in Hong Kong" (Godfrey Harrison, Lydia K. H. So); "Aspects of the Two Languages System and Three Language Problem in the Changing Society of Hong Kong"…

In this three-part lesson, students examine structure and characterization in the short story and consider the significance of humor through a study of Mark Twain's "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County." In Part I, through skits and storytelling, students first examine the structure of Twain's story and the role he creates…

The present paper reports the results of four experiments on verbal discrimination learning. These experiments manipulated the associative properties and the language frequency of stimuli, as well as the pairings of "right' and "wrong' items within a list. (Author)

Article devoted attention to the effect television has on verbal ability and development and the manner in which television may serve as a model for language usage. Author also outlined some of the limitations imposed on language by television. (Author/RK)

Indicates a strong relationship between the various aspects of language proficiency and social class and race and discusses the complex relationships among aspects of language proficiency. (RB)

Part of a continuing series. (HW)

This study was designed to test the following hypothesis in Alberta: the higher the socio-economic status the more complex the use of language. (Editor)

Discusses the degree to which a school board can control verbal obscenity in the classroom. Several instances are given of legal battles between teachers and boards. Indicates that court decisions have yet to produce a clear-cut pattern that could help boards better assess their powers in the area of what is usually called filthy language.…

The investigators recommended that in view of the similarity in the results across ethnic and SES backgrounds, that the high-frequency words identified in the investigation be among the first words students learn to spell and write. (Authors)