Reviews McDougal, Littell's Language of Man", and finds it to be perhaps the best language series developed for the secondary market in recent years. (Editor)

A review of Language and Learning" (University of Miami Press), by James Britton, Reader in Education and Head of the Engligh Department at the University of London Institute of Education. (RY)

After distinguishing between interpersonal communication and public speaking, the author argues that interpersonal communication has emerged because we are living in an age of changing values, myths and symbols. These changes create anxiety, which in turn creates a need for therapy. (Editor)

Children's errors and slips, their incomplete and partially right answers are often more illuminating and informative of a child's stages of language development and his thought processes and are of greater value for future action by the teacher than are the number of correct answers in a formal right, wrong testing situation. (Author)

Illustrated. (RD)

Children learn to communicate and to form concepts through playing with their toys. Objects that require a great deal of verbal activity on the part of the child, such as dolls that do not talk, will contribute greatly to his language development. (CK)

A report by the Educational Resources Information Center of the National Council of Teachers of English. (RD)

Describes a process for determining the goals and objectives of a curriculum through dialog and consensus decision making. This process creates a more valid curriculum document and establishes a communications network among educators. (SK)

Presents a language arts unit designed to create bridges between the real world and the story in order to help children develop both social understanding and reading comprehension skills. (FL)

Shows teachers who use language experience activities in their classrooms how to use microcomputers efficiently to increase students' reading and writing experiences. (RL)

Presented is a journalism primer, with activities designed to get elementary school students involved in all journalistic processes--observing, interviewing, recording, planning, and writing the final product. Journalism terms are defined. (KC)

Discusses procedures for selecting literature reflecting the subtopics of a specific theme. (HTH)