Considers language growth of secondary school students in terms of their using language to organize real experiences, their awareness of audience, and their ability to manage language for specific purposes and situations. Provides anecdotes of classroom conditions that promoted such student language growth. (RL)

Through a variety of teaching methods, dance and movement education may be used to stimulate students' personal and creative growth and to integrate such diverse curricula as language arts, mathematics, and social studies. (LH)

Describes a program in the Dade County (Florida) Public School System which developed career-related courses of study in academic subjects, namely mathematics and language arts. (Editor)

When hiring a language-arts teacher, administrators should include these four steps: a test covering subject matter, a writing sample, a personal interview, and the innovative use of references. (JM)

Study examined relationship between use of grammatical and rhetorical skills in writing and performance in reading for children in grades 1 through 3. Apparently certain linguistic skills are common to both disciplines and these skills become more critical to both writing and reading as the child matures. (DS)

Suggests that reading specialists can be the change agents needed to bring reading research information to teachers in a practical manner. (MKM)

Suggests that creating from and sharing dreams is an effective way to develop language skills, individuality, understanding, and rapport in elementary classrooms. Provides an index of dream topics that a group of elementary students reported. (RL)

Traces the history of the ERIC Clearinghouse at the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) headquarters from 1967 (Clearinghouse on the Teaching of English) to 1979 (Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills). (DD)

Explains the use of a parallel scheduling technique for reading instruction to provide varied instruction for different groups of students according to their needs. (MKM)

Suggests an instructional technique called sentence building as a means of developing the ability to write more complex sentences and to read more complex sentences with understanding. (MKM)

Creeeak, clank, aieeee! Mix scary sound effects, imagination and fun to brew a spine-tingling tale. (Editor)

A week-by-week readiness program for preschool and early primary children. (Editor)

Children learn to edit their own writing. (Editor/RK)

Children respond eagerly to opportunities for interaction with television. Discusses the use of television in employing student interest to build language skills and to emphasize that oral and written expression are vital elements of a medium often considered only visual. (Author/RK)