Article describes ways to help children learn how to give and take directions and improve their language skills at the same time. (GB)

Describes a project involving two second grade classes using codes to communicate with each other and thereby developing language skills, and understanding communication theory. (GB)

Urges teachers, in helping children acquire language power, to provide opportunities for the students to enlarge their experiences and then help them find appropriate words to clarify and organize thinking about that experience. (MM)

Reviews research studies investigating the role of literature in elementary schools today. (MM)

Examines Canadian language usage of both the written and spoken word as revealed in a recent national survey and addresses the implications for language arts teachers. (RB)

Reports on an effort to teach poetry and not simply expose the student to it. (Editor)

The Pilgrim's Progress, apart from its hortatory religious nature, has imaginative, creative power to command the attention of English teachers at the college level and is discussed in terms of the classroom. (Editor)

The most immediate priority for educational reform must be for the establishment of a minimum degree of uniformity in the sequence and hierarchy of instructional and behavioral objectives during the initial stages of learning to decode and encode. (Author)

Author tackles the basic problem of justifying instruction in a level of language usage that is regarded as elitist. (Editor/CB)

Describes different instructional materials a teacher might use in developing reading and language skills. (MM)

Described are seven inservice education sessions located in three states and attended by the author. (RY)

Presents a thirteen floor theoretical model which takes the youngster from a media centered experience in the lower grades to experiences relative to the human condition in the upper grades. Reasons for employing various teaching aids and methods are discussed. (AF)

Suggestions for easily obtainable materials to encourage children's use of language. (SP)