This paper, supported by a Public Health Research Grant from the National Institute of Mental Health, was presented at the Conference on Symbolic Processes, Akron, Ohio, in October 1970. (VM)

Discusses recent changes in theories and practice of teaching English in the colleges and how this reflects in the teaching of high school literature. Eclectic theory of criticism; intrinsic approach to literary study; impressionism and relativism; student engagement and personal responses to literature are examined. (RB)

Poor English speakers should learn proper English but not at the expense of denigrating their dialects. Author feels parents could help by participating in program. Bibliography. (AF)

Children's errors and slips, their incomplete and partially right answers are often more illuminating and informative of a child's stages of language development and his thought processes and are of greater value for future action by the teacher than are the number of correct answers in a formal right, wrong testing situation. (Author)

Ideas judged to be significant for the future development of special education are considered: learning disabilities and the problem of definition, preschool and infant education, language development, behavior modification approach, and attention as a critical process. The interrelationships between general and special education and basic and…

This article discusses the now established" fact that one aspect of language development in native English speakers is the increasing ability to embed larger and larger numbers of sentence consituents and considers its implications for second language acquisition. (FB)

The McCaig article appears in this issue, pp. 612-18. (RD)