Originally a talk delivered to the Catholic Library Association (New Orleans, 1969). A Newbery Award-winning author describes her efforts to use the language of children's culture and to expand the perimeters of their language through her writing. (Editor/JS)

Reprinted from the author's A Modern Case for German" published by the American Association of Teachers of German, 1970, p11-14. (DS)

A consideration of (1) the status of our value judgments," (2) the relations between the subjective-objective argument . . . and where values come from," and (3) the organization of our world in terms of the language . . . available to perform the organization"; a paper presented at annual conference of National Association for the Teaching of…

Describes the reasons for the protest among Black students against the traditional academic assumptions pertaining to English as a subject of study or as an element essential to the educational process." Attitudes of the white teacher and of white society are discussed in relation to this protest. (Author/DR)

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)