Papers delivered at a four-day study session on the English Language Arts Curriculum, K-12, in Connecticut schools are presented in this bulletin. The focus of the study was: (1) the current status of English and reading programs and recommendations for their improvement, and (2) suggestions for the improvement of a preliminary draft of a new…

This collection of essays explores two interpretations of "reading and the individual." One interpretation concerns the effect reading has upon an individual's self-concept and his total personality; the second interpretation relates to the methods used in teaching reading, recognizing the peculiar needs, interests, desires, abilities, and…

The New Brunswick (Canada) Comprehensive Reading/Language Arts Plan (NBCRP) is an integrative framework of goals not only for a developmental reading/language arts program but also for the special students regardless of classification. The NBCRP proposes three major categories of action: (1) the institution and improvement of a reading/language…

This language arts teaching guide, designed to improve the communication skills of elementary school children and graded according to primary and intermediate levels, is divided into five sections: (1) "Listening" prescribes ways to encourage mature, critical listening and observing, (2) "Oral Expression" proposes means of developing both…