Describes a program in which students meet with and listen to authors. (DD)

School libraries might be emptied if anyone who objected to a book could remove it from the shelves. (DD)

Describes the benefits of having preschoolers take photographs and caption them. (DD)

Suggests films which help get children excited about oral and written expression. (DD)

Presents eleven groups of activities students can undertake which deal with sidewalks and which involve both social studies and language arts skills. (DD)

The American academic community views translation as a mechanical craft; this article argues that it is a skill, an art and a science, requiring intellectual and creative use of language. The gradual acceptance of translation as a subject for dissertations is discussed, and a survey of translation-related dissertations included. (CHK)

States that "genrists" believe text can be described by its genre or purpose following the edict of "form follows function." Finds that such genre studies (originating in Australia) are a feature of the composition teaching which as an instructional model owes fealty to the Language Awareness and Knowledge about Language…

Notes the presence of references to classical mythology throughout modern culture, and offers an annotated list of 43 works of contemporary fiction, poetry, and drama that use mythological sources and that can help close the gap between today's students and the gods and goddesses, heroes and monsters of long ago. (SR)

Describes the Literacy Pyramid (based on the United States Department of Agriculture food pyramid), a classification of eight instructional events, which is intended as a framework for teachers to think about the purpose of various instructional formats and about organizing time for language arts instruction. (SR)

Reviews literature in the theoretical views of language arts; perceived roles of language in science education; and research approaches used to investigate oral and written language in science, science teaching, and learning. Suggests future research directions in critical listening and reading of various sources, multi-media presentations,…

Describes Michigan's effort to create a state language arts curriculum in the context of systemic reform, discussing the overlapping of various stakeholders with the state and other collectives that emerged. Although Michigan's educational system remains loosely linked, democratic, and contentious, the language arts effort heightened mutual…

Provides 10 annotations to journal articles from the ERIC database that cover the topic of drama in the classroom. (MM)

Review New Zealand's language arts assessment practices at all grade levels. Suggests alternative approaches to student evaluation. (MM)

Suggests that this themed issue may help readers navigate some of the tricky currents that confront educators in an increasingly diverse population of learners. Introduces the articles in the themed issue. (RS)