To emphasize the importance of the recognition of linguistics study as an important element in the college English liberal arts curriculum within the relatively short span of ten years, this article begins with a discussion of the factors influencing this recent curricular development and the subsequent growing need for English teachers to have…

The fourth in a series of teacher education units on the disadvantaged pupil discusses Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Appalachians and Southern white migrants, and American Indians. It is noted that the Negroes and whites are members of a subculture of the dominant culture, whereas the Spanish background and Indian pupils are products of…

The author lists steps for constructing a research study guaranteeing "statistically significant results when comparing two populations which differ linguistically." Many of these steps are direct quotations from typical research reports--choose a control group as much like yourself as possible; assume your own dialect is standard; encode all…

This is the first edition of a new directory of the audiovisual industry listing producers and distributors of equipment and services. Also listed are organizations, conventions, film festivals, and publications concerned with the new media: films, filmstrips, slides, film loops, tapes, transparencies, maps and globes. Published in 1969, this…

A study of response latency in a drill-and-practice task showed that variability in latency measures could be reduced by the use of self-pacing procedures, but not by the detailed analysis of latency into separate components. Experiments carried out on instructional history variables in teaching a mirror image, oblique line discrimination, showed…

The purpose of the study was to describe ways in which disadvantaged children differ from their more advantaged peers in the areas of cognitive and affective developmental patterns, and to use this description to restructure curricular experiences for disadvantaged children. Five groups of approximately 30 preschool children each were tested three…

The Hawaii Department of Education initiated a Programming-Planning-Budgeting System in the English Language Arts to improve student skills in reading, speaking, listening, writing, and literature appreciation. Specialists in Language Arts and Speech Education planned a program that would begin in first grade and concentrate on three target…

The occurrence of the two allomorphs of the indefinite article in standard English ("a" before nouns or noun clauses beginning with consonant sounds and "an" before those beginning with vowel sounds) is a concept similar to those studied in the general concept formation paradigm. The acquisition of this grammatical concept was examined using 80…

This handbook, which suggests activities to help students acquire and improve reading skills, is divided into the following units: (1) vocabulary development--word attack skills and vocabulary acquisition skills, (2) reading comprehension, (3) critical and interpretive reading, (4) work study habits, (5) locating information in books and using…

A two-semester elective high school course in the study, evaluation, and appreciation of the cinema as an art form is outlined in this publication. An overview of the course--goals, approaches for the development of units, teaching activities and methods, and texts--precedes a listing of the 10 curriculum units. Subjects of the units are film and…

The principal published research findings and other relevant literature in the sociology of early childhood education are reviewed and summarized in this paper. Part I examines the shaping of a child's abilities and achievement by the norms, roles, and practices of his parents. The influence of parental sex roles on the parent-child relationship…

The objectives of the Tenaya School, a 6th, 7th and 8th grade school in the Merced City School District, California, are to teach Spanish in homogeneous classes to its Mexican American students (50%) and to enhance their self esteem by stressing the cultural and academic advantages of bilingualism. The qualifications of a special teacher needed to…

Designed as a 3-year pilot project, the Booker T. Washington High School Learning Laboratory emphasized the preparation of its disadvantaged Negro students for better job opportunities. Three consecutive experimental groups were to receive special training in language arts and mathematics, as well as special guidance. Three corresponding control…

An enumerated, comprehensive 12,087-item bibliography of publications on French language and literature with current prices is offered primarily for school and library use. In each of the eight major divisions the author is listed alphabetically with the exception of the Middle Ages, where literary genre classification is employed. The…

Beginning teachers of Navajo children in Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) schools are offered some indications of what to expect of their students in this teacher orientation guide. Characteristics of students and situations are presented for elementary and secondary grades. Helpful hints for the first few weeks of school are given. The importance…