This publication includes five papers that were presented at a language communications conference that emphasized integrating the language arts at elementary and secondary school levels. Walter Loban stresses the importance of classroom language activities that involve children in genuine purposes and that link language to thinking. Charles R.…

Papers collected in this booklet discuss various aspects of language development in the classroom and in the area of remedial reading. Titles include "Project II: Strategies and Milestones" by Martin Kling, which describes the outcomes of an investigation of research in language development and reading; "Language, Linguistics, and Learning to…

The placement of students in the correct level of English composition classes is approached in a variety of ways by two-year open admission colleges. This report describes the analysis of a potentially quick, effective method of student placement, based on structural linquistics, which asked each student to combine as many brief kernel sentences…

The conference papers presented in this booklet are arranged under the following five headings: the business communication curriculum; psychology, semantics, and communication; research activities in business communication; techniques for teaching business communication; and how and what to write--creativity in business writing. Topics considered…

The activities presented in this packet correlate with the skills necessary for minimum competency which are listed in a related document, "Elementary Language Arts Program Management Guide, K-5." Skills involving nonverbal communication, oral communication, literature, language, and written communication correlate with the specific Florida State…

This paper presents the concept of a cross-cultural and broad-spectrum approach to reading and writing that enables children to become involved with literature, encourages them to respond and produce, and motivates them to read and write. It includes sections on epic literature, books that explain natural phenomena and modern/future world…

The first segment of a long-term educational assessment plan, for which this three-part report was compiled, called for a study that would survey the status of English language arts programs in the province of British Columbia and serve as a pilot for future assessment programs. This portion of the study presents results from the third phase of…

Focusing on writing as a complex process, this packet was prepared to assist teachers in planning daily writing activities which combine thinking processes, mechanical skills, and composition skills. Following an introduction which contains suggestions for ways teachers can help students to write, the first section of the publication provides…

This publication reports the results of an Australia-wide investigation of the literacy and numeracy skill attainment of children aged 10 and 14. The chapters present an overview and summary of the study and discuss children in special schools and special classes, the use of the mastery approach in the investigation, the mastery of reading and…

This paper describes a variable-credit advanced writing course that allows non-English majors to set their own goals for writing and to develop specific writing skills that apply to their major fields. The course is a unitized sequence of three five-week sessions. The first session discusses the theoretical product model and process model for the…

Annotations of twenty English placement tests are presented, providing for each a general description, information on content, publication of results, diagnostic capabilities, and predictability. Tests are arranged in three categories: (1) standardized English placement tests, including The College English Placement Test, Comparative Guidance and…

Students' cognitive and affective development in achieving written communication objectives in the context of the world of work were compared with the same objectives placed in a liberal arts context. The research project involved four groups of students at Platte Technical Community College. Two experimental groups completed the cognitive…

The thesis of this paper is that if English and language arts teachers will examine their attitudes toward writers and writing, and compare their attitudes with those held by successful writers, they may come to hold a more realistic idea of what the process of writing is like. An attitude scale dealing with writers and writing was administered to…

This practicum describes the development of an individualized approach to the remedial English program, including production of materials, implementation of an experimental section, and evaluation of the project. Two courses were combined: English for students needing intensive help and English for students with somewhat better skills. All…

The purpose of the monograph described in this thesis is to give teachers methods and a theoretical base for experimenting with the teaching of writing in a laboratory classroom situation at the junior college level. The course, which can be taken by two or more people independently, or with an instructor, provides the opportunity for participants…