Argues that visuals constitute a language" in that they suggest physical objects . . . just as words signify their referents;" an adaptation of a paper presented at national convention of Department of Audiovisual Instruction, YNational Education AssociationI (Houston, Texas, March 28, 1968). (Editor/RD)

It is desirable that ghetto children be made bilingual, i.e., they should be able to speak well both the language of the slums and standard English. (CK)

Examines the ambivalent attitude toward the major speech varieties used in Tunisia (French, Classical Arabic, and Tunisian Arabic) and seeks to show the effects of that ambivalence on language policy, especially with regard to Arabization and bilingualism. (EKN)

Examines Kamsa ritual language and describes a model (based on accessibility, formalization, and efficacy) for specifying its semiotic constitution. (EKN)

Presents the results of the first impact evaluation of the Local Language Literacy Project in the Southern Sudan, conducted in late 1980. (EKN)

Discusses the links among native language, personal identity and ethnicity. Sees language as the carrier of all the values and qualities that distinguish an individual and a people, as the prime repository of a culture, and the foundation of its institution. (MES)

Discusses three perspectives on rhetorical situations and draws relationships among these perspectives, assumptions of social interaction, and competing perceptions of language function. Contrasts Classical and Romantic conceptions of rhetoric in light of contemporary ideals. (JMF)

Argues that the speech communication scholar can contribute to the general study of communicative development, particularly to the investigation of strategic communication. Argues for attention to message strategies, but within the framework of the underlying cognitive and cultural structures through which they are created. (JMF)

Defines language awareness, examines shifts in meaning which words undergo, and discusses how this topic can be applied in education. (DD)

The paper is a study of bilingual/bicultural education in the process of Anglo American educational technology and an overview showing some of the important problem areas: inadequate concern with sociocultural variables affecting Mexican American educational attitudes; assumptions of homogeneity regarding Mexican American students; immediate…

Considers the controversy between Bruner "et al." (1966) and Piaget (Inhelder & Piaget, 1964) followed up by Sinclair-de-Zwart (1967) concerning the role of language in the cognitive development of children between the ages of 5 and 7. (Author/RK)

Chooses student involvement in the arts as a way of illuminating the connection between art and spirituality. (Editor)

Describes research concerning the facilitation of pronunciation accuracy of sixty-one non-native speakers of English. The sample consisted of Arabic, Japanese, Persian, and Thai speakers. Twenty variables were considered. (Author/POP)