In this paper I argue that an understanding of the role of language and literacy in learning disciplinary content should be a key component of the pedagogical content knowledge covered in the preparation of high school teachers. I identify three components of this "literacy pedagogical content knowledge" (LPCK): knowledge about how…

Philosophy was created by accident out of nothing. The verb "to be" can be confused with "to exist." The accidents of the fact that the "copula" is both a transitive and an intransitive verb are sometimes thought to have plagued ancient Greek thinking until Aristotle discovered logic and thus saved the world from…

Students may be able to perform strictly manipulative mathematics and not be able to solve word problems or understand more complex mathematical concepts due to weak reading skills. This paper discusses the interrelationships between mathematics and language. First, highlights from research are given. Following is a discussion of characteristics…

For most of the 20th century, Roman Jakobson's name will have been synonymous with the definition of communication as a human science, i.e., communicology. Jakobson is the modern source of most of what communication scholars theorize about and practice as human communication, and he will be the source of how communication scholars shall come to…

Although social science research methods have been successfully applied to the phenomenon of deception, these efforts have universally been limited to laboratory study. In order to broaden the generalizability of deception research, the present study assessed the verbal and nonverbal correlates of naturally-occurring, high-motivation deceptive…

The antifoundational or "hermeneutic" paradigm, particularly as it has been internalized by the field of composition studies, exists in a weak version or a strong version. The weak version stresses interactive consensus-building pedagogical practices where discourse is remade by negotiating it with others. The strong version suggests…

The linguistic, communicative, and cultural value of teaching Esperanto is discussed. A major linguistic advantage is that Esperanto study provides an ideal introduction to the study of language. The European root stock provides an important resource for building vocabulary in English and in other European languages. Esperanto has a valuable and…

Despite the early and well-received presentation of ideas foundational to modern rhetorical theory, Susanne K. Langer's accomplishments are rarely credited in the work of other scholars. What Langer did, so essential to the rebirth of rhetoric, was to represent meaning as both socially constructed and achieved collaboratively by rhetor and…

Contrary to the assumption that jobs for language specialists are few and limited in scope, there are jobs for people with language skills, but as a supplement to other technical, business, or professional skills. (Author)

In a brief response to other papers presented as part of a symposium entitled "What's So Canadian About Canadian Educational Administration," at the 1978 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, the author argues against seeing Canada as merely an extension of the United States, or seeing his own Quebec as merely…

Until the last decade, the terms "English as a Second Language" and "English as a Foreign Language" were often used interchangeably in the United States. The careful distinction between the two made by the British, however, is gaining wider currency: by "English as a Foreign Language" is meant English taught as a school subject or on an adult…

The present report is an expanded version of an earlier paper by the authors. Summing up last year's language maintenance study, it goes on to place the Study in its general context as a contribution to Navajo literacy. Following the report is a complete listing of the publications of the Study to date, with ED numbers and other information…

The pedagogical, literary and journalistic significance of the German language in early America is outlined. The earliest record of German instruction is in 1702 in Germantown, Pa., where, in 1742, the first German school for girls was established. The disruptive effect of the Revolutionary War on German language use is reported. (MS)

Provides examples of ways in which the linguistic environment is constantly changing. (DD)

Language provides the building blocks for thinking. Without disciplined reading skills, man's mind has little chance to soar. (Editors)