Discusses education in Mao's China since the Cultural Revolution of 1966. (DR)

Based on a paper presented at the International Reading Association's Fifteenth Annual Convention in May 1970, in Anaheim, California. (DS)

Explains three elements of English that are particularly difficult for Chinese students to learn: the use of articles, which has no equivalent in Chinese; expression of tense, for which there is no Chinese equivalent; and the concepts of time, locality, and direction inherent in English usage of prepositions. (MSE)

Describes an American teacher's experiences working with students at the Foreign Languages Institute in China. The author found that students were highly motivated to learn about the United States, its language and culture. He found that his efforts to teach about it, however, were impeded by government intervention and cultural differences. (AM)

The author evaluates several intermediate/secondary-level films about China--past and present--and suggests criteria to use in evaluating others. Avoidance of stereotypes is emphasized. Sources and prices are provided for the cited films. One of several articles on China studies in this journal issue. (SJL)

Explores the role of negative marking in the mapping of the semantic and syntactic structures of Taiwanese modals on to their surface structure in terms of syntactic transformations. Particular attention is paid to the process of lexical fusion as it occurs in such negative forms as "be" and "m." (Author/PJM)

Advocates a difference in emphasis in the teaching of reading in Chinese. In this approach, students are constantly attending to the meaning of characters within the framework of sentences in passages rather than the phonetic labels those meanings have. Reading, then, is more than simple symbol-sound association. (Author/PJM)

Presents some classroom games that can be used for review purposes in helping students to memorize vocabulary items. The games are divided into two major categories, one which is intended for help in reviewing characters, and one which is intended to help in reviewing vocabulary and pronunciation. Each game is described. (PJM)

Discusses the use of an English for special purposes course to meet the communicative needs of a Chinese group in England. The needs included "survival" and "social" English and the need to speak academically ("specialist" English). Extracurricular activities included touring various spots in England. (PJM)

Chinese planners are successfully combining the two seemingly contradictory policies of growth and conservation. Enhancement and preservation of China's natural environment and resources are in keeping with her primary goal of upgrading living standards. (Author/RE)

Brainwashing as a technique to implant a particular belief system and the success of the technique is dependent on development of intense relationships among the people involved. The article points up similarities between Chinese brainwashing and American religious cultism. (Author)

Presents a brief discussion of the Chinese language, its relevance to social studies students in the United States, methods of teaching and learning Chinese, romanization systems developed to help westerners pronounce and read phonetically, picture writing, and a directory of resource agencies and materials. (Author/DB)