The 198 titles in this bibliography were selected as representative of current developments in the teaching of English in England. The selections are arranged in 13 categories: general works, language and linguistics, the primary school, talking and listening, drama, writing English, teaching poetry, reading, the mass media, materials for the…

Maintaining that sentence-combining language experience is the single most beneficial tool currently available to improve student writing, this paper speculates about the value and effects of the adoption of the language experience approach across the English curriculum. It presents six tasks that need to be undertaken by teachers, researchers,…

THIS JOURNAL PUBLISHED THREE TIMES A YEAR FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF READING INSTRUCTION AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE LEVELS CONTAINS ORIGINAL ARTICLES, REVIEWS OF ARTICLES, AND AN EDITORIAL SECTION OF BRIEF STATEMENTS OF IDEAS AND PROBLEMS RELEVANT TO READING AND LANGUAGE ARTS INSTRUCTION. THE SPRING 1968 ISSUE PRESENTS A DISCUSSION OF 10 WAYS…

TEACHER EDUCATION THROUGH APPLIED METHODS (TEAM), AN EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM FOR THE INTEGRATION OF ELEMENTARY METHODS COURSES, IS DISCUSSED. SPECIALISTS WHO MAY FORM A TEACHING TEAM ARE OFTEN FROM THE AREAS OF LANGUAGE ARTS, MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE, SOCIAL STUDIES, AND INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA. THE PURPOSES FOR DEVELOPING A TEAM APPROACH ARE TO REDUCE THE…

Problems associated with teaching English language arts to Mexican American pupils are examined. Attention is given to curriculum considerations, methodologies, and innovations for effecting success in language arts development for these children. The four major strategies discussed include: (1) readying the child for the common curriculum, (2)…

Los Angeles Unified School District elementary school activities funded during 1967-68 under Title I/ESEA are evaluated in this volume. English language arts and prekindergarten activities, the two major areas included in the evaluation reports, are divided into the following components which represent a 3-year continuing implementation: (1)…

This document is an end of the budget period report of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title III Inservice Education and Curriculum Project conducted by the Linn County Board of Education in conjunction with seven other Iowa counties in order to "assist local schools in improving the school program in selected academic and service…

English teachers have a responsibility to interpret for students the current linguistic insights into language and to lead them in an open-minded inquiry involving (1) careful observation of language data, (2) translation of this observation into rule-like descriptions, and (3) verification of the rules to determine if revisions must be made. In…

Teachers in the content areas of the curriculum must expend effort and use ingenuity in motivating students to learn the literacy skills of listening, speaking, thinking, reading, writing, and computing. To foster this enthusiasm for learning, seven elements are essential in any teaching strategy: interests (knowing the students' interests and…

Communication and language arts are central in any consideration of the essential learning skills. This paper focuses on communication skills for fifth and sixth graders, particularly the language skills of speaking, reading, and writing for which schools assume major responsibility. The integral relationship between language abilities and…

To encourage reluctant readers, teachers can use a technique called "read a book in an hour." Students are assigned individual chapters of a paperback novel to read silently. After they have finished reading, they retell the significant chapter events, state the conflicts, and identify the characters as the teacher records the…

The high school minimal competency examination described in this document is part one of a three-part program that requires that all students satisfactorily complete tests in reading, language arts, and mathematics prior to receiving a high school diploma. The document outlines the test development and assessment program and describes the plan for…

As part of a language arts series for kindergarten through grade nine, this seventh grade guide examines environmental values, concepts, and problems according to a common conceptual scheme: all living things, including humans, are interrelated and interdependent; heredity and environment interact to determine the characteristics of an organism…

The report of the Bullock Committee of Enquiry was published in January 1975, under the title "A Language for Life," and presented extensive recommendations concerning all aspects of English teaching, including reading, writing, talking, and listening, the role of initial and inservice training, and monitoring of general levels of…

The final project evaluation on "Curricular Development for Secondary Learning Disabilities" focuses on the academic achievement of 86 students who participated in seven secondary learning disabilities classes in which the curricular model developed by the project was utilized. It is noted that the purpose of the project was to provide intensive…