Writing teachers at the University of Oregon have established working relations in three different ways with teachers outside their department. First, they have set up sections of a required composition course to be taught in conjunction with courses in other disciplines; workshops to develop skills in handling students' writing are conducted for…

This primary-level workbook is part of a series of materials developed for beginning reading instruction in Barrow Inupiaq. It is designed to accompany the reader entitled "Suva Una," also in the series. Each page consists of an illustration from "Suva Una" and lined spaces for writing exercises. (AM)

This handbook describes a set of conventions governing the written presentation of research. The recommendations on the mechanics and format of the research paper are based upon the practices required by college teachers throughout the United States and Canada. Sections 1 through 9 treat the logical steps in research and writing--selecting a…

Most school systems in Georgia received some sort of assistance during fiscal years 1974 and 1975 from Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Since its passage in 1965, Title I has been the major federal funding source for education, providing a broad range of services. The aim of Title I is to serve culturally and economically…

The purpose of this study was to determine what kind of feedback would be most effective in helping students improve their writing and in what manner it should be provided. Feedback was provided on a specific writing task, the short autobiographical narrative. Improvement was measured by scales of the three variables: completeness, development,…

There is a prevalent public outcry against the putative decline in the quality of world, and especially American, linguistic expression. This paper examines the accuracy of this claim, and weighs the significant supporting and opposing evidence, which includes informed opinion, expert witness, and results of standardized reading and writing…

This study analyzes Spanish and German errors committed by adult native speakers of English enrolled in elementary and intermediate levels. Four written samples were collected for each target language, over a period of five months. Errors were categorized according to their possible source. Types of errors were ordered according to their…

This book contains 17 chapters dealing with the development of language skills at the elementary level: "The Language Arts, Language, and Linguistics,""Dialect, Grammar, and Usage: Some Considerations,""Planning for Instruction in the Language Arts,""Language Learning and Beginning Language Arts Instruction,""Instructional Attention to…

During fall 1972, Bronx Community College inaugurated Project STIR, an interdisciplinary, block-programmed project designed to facilitate an intense, collaborative remediation program for entering Liberal Arts freshmen needing remedial assistance in reading, writing, and mathematics. This project was later renamed Project LINK, and was expanded to…

Eighty-six studies are reported in this 13th annual review of research in elementary language arts. Efforts are made to include all studies reported in 52 journals from January through December 1973. Discussions and descriptions of the studies are divided into sections on research summaries and listings, language, oral communication, written…

This study sought to broaden the scope of teacher training in English by incorporating an experimental design in practice teaching. The control group, 20 ninth graders whose IQ's averaged 95, studied narrative-descriptive writing and transformational grammar, writing the same number of compositions as the two experimental groups. The low…

This document is a partial outline of some of the major concepts in the field of language arts and is meant to be used as a frame of reference in formulating performance objectives for language arts instruction in grades seven through twelve. Contents are divided into the following main categories: speaking skills; critical analysis; grammar;…

This teaching guide on composition for grades 7-12 has been designed as a supplement to aid in encouraging the student to understand the importance of the spoken and written word. Included are sections on (1) research in grammar and usage, with annotated assessments of more than 50 current studies, (2) sentence structure, with lesson plans on…

Preceded by a profile of the characteristics and problems of "young school leavers" (those pupils who, at the beginning of their third year in the secondary school, are assigned to courses which do not lead to the Scottish Certificate of Education examinations), this bulletin, prepared by the Central Committee on English, offers perspectives on…

This report, based on a survey of 215 junior colleges, describes the junior college and its educational objectives. Concentrating on the teaching of English, customarily described as a remedial course patterned after high school grammar and composition courses, the author probes for strengths and weaknesses in the junior college curriculum.…