This paper describes the current state of the secondary school English curriculum throughout the United States as amorphous, reactive, and without vital direction and offers suggestions for curricular improvement. The first half of the paper reviews the historical development of the English curriculum from World War II, touching on the emergence…

This booklet shows teachers and administrators how their school districts can use the Reading Authority List of the Reading Information System I (I-RIS), an analytic process for making decisions about language arts curriculum materials. Following an outline of I-RIS, pages of the Reading Authority List are accompanied by guidelines for using the…

This collection of abstracts in part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 27 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) the effects of second language learning on achievement in English; (2) developmental aspects and effects of variables on prekindergarten, kindergarten, and…

This report covers nearly three years of the Parent Partnership Program activities initiated by the School District of Philadelphia to promote parent participation in the education of their children from the age of three and onward. Three major programs were designed to achieve this goal: the Parent Partnership Program, The Books for Tots…

This K-6 Career Awareness Curriculum Model is composed of a variety of activities that reading/language arts teachers can use to infuse career awareness into their instructional units. The activities are divided into eight topical sections: (1) Dictionary Skills; (2) Oral Communication, (3) Written Expression, (4) Comprehension, (5) Reference…

LANGUAGE ARTS TEACHERS ENDEAVOR TO LAY A GENERAL FOUNDATION IN READING AS A PART OF THE COMMUNICATION PROGRAM. EACH SUBJECT AREA, HOWEVER, HAS PARTICULAR READING PROBLEMS WHICH MUST BE FACED BY THE TEACHER IN DEVELOPING AN INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM. SUGGESTIONS ARE OFFERED TO JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS FOR IMPROVING INSTRUCTION BY GIVING SPECIFIC…

THE BIBLIOGRAPHY, ON AIDS FOR TEACHING ENGLISH TO STUDENTS WITH A FOREIGN LANGUAGE BACKGROUND, CONTAINED FOUR TYPES OF MATERIALS WITH VERY BRIEF ANNOTATIONS RELATING TO CONTENT OR TARGET POPULATION. ALL WERE PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1936 AND 1962. GENERAL REFERENCES FOR THE TEACHER ON CONTENT AND TECHNIQUE DEALT WITH SUCH SUBJECTS AS TEACHING METHODS,…

IN THE PAST DECADE, ENGLISH AS A SCHOOL SUBJECT HAS BEEN REASSESSED TO ESTABLISH PRIORITIES, SPECIFY THE TASKS OF THE ENGLISH TEACHER, AND CREATE EFFECTIVE SEQUENTIAL, INTEGRATED PROGRAMS WHICH BALANCE CONTENT AND SKILLS. THIS SUMMARY REPORT CONSIDERS EMERGING CONCEPTS IN THE TEACHING OF LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, AND COMPOSITION, AND THEIR APPLICATION…

THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE TO SPANISH-SPEAKING STUDENTS IS A CHALLENGING AND COMPLEX TASK. IN ORDER TO PLAN AN ADEQUATE CURRICULUM, THERE MUST BE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE ACADEMIC AND CULTURAL OBJECTIVES TO BE MET. FOUR FACTORS WILL INFLUENCE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE OBJECTIVES--THE STUDENTS, THE TEACHERS, THE SCHOOL, AND THE…

TEACHERS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, TESTED THE RELATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF AN EXPERIENCE APPROACH (EA) AND THE TRADITIONAL METHOD (TM) APPROACH TO THE TEACHING OF LANGUAGE ARTS AT THE SECOND-GRADE LEVEL, CONTINUING A STUDY BEGUN WITH THE SAME PUPILS IN FIRST GRADE THE PREVIOUS YEAR. GOALS OF THE PROJECT WERE TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE RELATIVE…

THE 1962 SUMMER INDIAN EDUCATION WORKSHOP AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WAS PLANNED TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TEACHERS, COUNSELORS, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, AND OTHERS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT EDUCATING INDIAN YOUTH. EACH PARTICIPANT SELECTED ONE OF THE FOLLOWING PROBLEM AREAS IN INDIAN EDUCATION FOR DEPTH STUDY--(1) TEACHING ENGLISH AS A SECOND…

THIS MANUAL IS PROVIDED FOR TEACHERS WHO ARE PREPARING THEIR CLASSES TO ATTEND THE PROFESSIONALLY-PRODUCED PLAY--"THE FARCE OF THE WORTHY LAWYER PIERRE PATHELIN"--AS PART OF A TITLE 3 PILOT PROJECT, "EXPERIENCES IN DRAMATIC ARTS," SERVING SCHOOLS IN WASHINGTON AND OREGON. PREPARED FOR CLASSROOM USE, THE MANUAL IS INTENDED TO…

THIS GUIDE IS A SELECTED, ANNOTATED LIST OF 142 FREE TAPES, 75 FREE SCRIPTS, AND 136 FREE TRANSCRIPTIONS. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE USE, SELECTION, AND ORDERING OF AUDIO MATERIALS IS GIVEN. PRELIMINARY ADUITORY TESTS FOR STUDENTS ARE ADVISED. THERE ARE TITLE, SUBJECT, AND SOURCE INDICES. THIS DOCUMENT WAS PUBLISHED BY EDUCATORS PROGRESS SERVICE,…

A FIRST-GRADE LISTENING SKILLS PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED TO BE TAUGHT AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE LANGUAGE ARTS PROGRAM AND TO IMPROVE ACHIEVEMENT IN LISTENING AND READING. THE COMPONENTS AND GUIDELINES FOR THE EXPERIMENT ARE SPECIFIED. THIRTY-THREE CLASSROOMS IN 22 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY PARTICIPATED. THE TREATMENT GROUPS WERE A…

FOURTEEN STUDIES IN THE AREA OF READING READINESS ARE SURVEYED. MUCH OF THE RESEARCH IS DIRECTED AT THE CHILD WHO NEEDS A PERIOD OF READINESS, PARTICULARLY THE CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILD. THE VALIDITY OF READINESS TESTS, THE IMPORTANCE OF SEX DIFFERENCES, AND BEGINNING READERS ARE OTHER TOPICS DISCUSSED. REFERENCES ARE GIVEN. THIS ARTICLE IS…