Illustrates techniques of stimulating classroom discussion in language courses through imaginative use of poetry. (RL)

To determine a word's rank order of difficulty, the 63 words most commonly used in beginning reading were taught to 108 kindergarten children using one of three methods: phonic, kinesthetic, or meaningful context. (ST)

Discusses the low reading levels of high school students and suggests that students need more reading instruction in the content areas. (RB)

Support for this research provided through a Senior Lectureship in English and Linguistics from the Fulbright Commission in Japan. (VM)

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)

Describes a game which enhances spelling skills, improves pronunciation, stretches vocabularies, increases listening abilities, and develops a new interest in words. (Author/MB)

Hypothesis was confirmed that more familiar and more ambiguous concepts would be less readily named in their less detailed representations. (Author/MB)

Author describes her strategy for getting her fifth graders to write good reports by letting them grow" from one report to the next. (Author/DR)