English teaching in Colombian primary schools became a requirement because of the promulgation of the Law of Education in 1994. Taking into account that this decision produced some difficulties in the schools, a study was conducted to diagnose the state of English language teaching in primary schools in Pasto, Colombia. Data were gathered through…

In the context of 2009 European Year of Creativity and Innovation, this paper proposes an integrated reflection on creativity and its relation to plurilingualism. Relevant literature is reviewed and includes the following domains: economics (OECD, 2000); culture studies (Bhabah, 1994); globalisation studies (Monge, 1998); creativity studies and…

Researchers exploring the use of language use in radiotelephony communication have tended to focus on the limitations of the non-native English user and the threats which their limited control of English may pose for aviation safety (e.g. Atsushi, 2003, 2004). Hence the recent International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) policy places the onus…

In this article, the author reflects on a "powerfully literate citizen" in Statement Four of the Australian Association for the Teaching of English (AATE) "Statements of Belief". He discusses the definition of "literacy" and the creation of the powerfully literate citizen. He stresses that a powerfully literate…

A sample (n=48) of eight-year-olds with specific language impairments is compared with age-matched (n=55) and language matched controls (n=55) on a range of tasks designed to test the interdependence of language and mathematical development. Performance across tasks varies substantially in the SLI group, showing profound deficits in production of…

Establishing name authority files in such multilingual nations as Nigeria is complicated by the existence of some 400 languages and dialects, although only about 15 percent of these have been written or used in publications--English is used as the official language and the medium of intercommunication between tribes. Traditionally, Nigerians have…

Cites examples of recent changes in language and suggests what forces are at work to produce language change. (DD)

Reports that the pattern of a faculty's social environment and the pronoun pattern of their speech are parallel. (Author/AJ)

Investigates the role of language in society from the theoretical framework of the sociology of knowledge. (EKN)

In the context of theory of integrational linguistics, the segregational sign is distinguished from the integrational sign, and the operation of the former is analyzed. Focus is on how logic guides the sign, and how the theory of W. V. Quine accounts for these issues. (MSE)

The later works of the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein have inspired and guided the integrationist critique of orthodox linguistics. However, there are important divergences between a Wittgensteinian approach to language and an integrational linguistics. Three integrationist interpretations are identified and discussed: rhetorical; normative; and…

Responds to comments made by Roberts in a previous article that attributed certain claims to this author regarding the role of a worldwide nautical pidgin English in the formation of Hawaiian creole English. The author suggests that such claims were not made or were misrepresented. Roberts's response is included. (Author/VWL)

Discusses the theoretical approach to videopoetry. States that the concept of videopoetry (as distinct from videoart) arose in 1968 from experimenting with video for creative and poetic production using verbal and nonverbal signs. Concludes that videopoetry is a challenge for both poets and readers. (PA)

'One goal [of educational research] must be to produce accounts which deny the reader [the] comfort of a shared ground with the author, foreground ambivalence and undermine the authority of their own assertions' (Stronach & MacLure, 1998, p. 57). In this paper the author seeks to do two things. First, he relates the meaning and value of stories in…

The discussion on subjectivity is based on the psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan's understanding of subjectivity as constructed in and through language, and the philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce's general ideas of signifying construction as an unlimited sign-exchanging process--the idea of the unlimited semiosis. The article advocates combining…