Report on a research project to classify various language registers as related to advanced instruction of English as a foreign language; supported by the English Curriculum Section of the Language Bureau, Public Service Commission of Canada. (RS)

Language considerations in different parts of the world as they affect skills in shorthand, typewriting, and audio writing. (Author/MU)

Paper presented March 6, 1971, at the TESOL Convention in New Orleans, La. (VM)

One of a series of studies of how children come to name their feelings. For Parts I and III see PS 501 987 and PS 502 002. (MB)

Suggests selecting high-priority features of Standard English and avoiding textbook "rules. Describes some teaching techniques and the Claflin College English project. Reference listing included. Appears in "The Florida FL Reporter special anthology issue "Linguistic-Cultural Differences and American Education. (AMM)

Discusses the oral language learning processes of children; a paper presented at annual convention of National Council of Teachers of English (59th, Washington, D. C., November 29, 1969). (Author/SW)

Speech delivered at the annual TESOL Convention, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 6, 1971. (DS)

Address delivered at commencement exercises, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt., on August 11, 1970. (DS)

Two frequently made claims about French immersion programs in Canada are analyzed: (1) the planning and implementation of such programs is adequate as practiced to satisfy participants within the program; and (2) resulting improvements in French learning are likely to achieve federal policymakers' goals of ameliorating animosities between…

Describes an ethnographic study of writing in one elementary classroom that identified four functions of writing: writing to participate in community, writing to know oneself and others, writing to occupy free time, and writing to demonstrate academic competence. (HOD)

Echoes the concern expressed in the Report of the President's Commission on Foreign Language and International Studies, decrying declining enrollments in foreign language programs. Analyzes the causes of this decline by reviewing recent historical events and cultural trends, and suggests that it is matched by a decline in English verbal aptitudes.…

Kindergarten measures were significantly predictive of Anglo English speakers, somewhat less accurate for the Mexican American English-speaking group, and generally nonpredictive for Mexican American Spanish speakers. The tests were not language or culture specific. The importance of language as a factor in school screening is underscored. (Author)