States belief that liberal arts colleges, teacher education institutions, schools, and parents should cooperate in setting goals for the language arts program. (SW)

Article describes method of teaching reading skills through the use of pictures. (MM)

Author proposes a student-centered curriculum sequence and describes how such a curriculum was implemnted in her own classroom. (MB)

Suggests ways to improve the quality of language arts instruction in this lighthearted presentation of the objectives and resolutions of a mythical international language arts association. (VJ)

Article is a record of author's experience in developing ways of integrating children's beginning reading into the total process of learning and living. (Author/MB)

Examines research dealing with methods of teaching punctuation that go as far back as 1900. Believes findings explain why English teachers are not in agreement on any one specific method of teaching this skill. (RB)

Discusses a contingency management program in an inner-city elementary school, whose basic core is a structured system of language learning packages providing guidance for the direct teaching of oral language, integrating reading and writing activities, and correlating language learning with other academic instruction. (VJ)

Discusses the development of a program for sixth, seventh, and eighth graders that provides opportunities for students to be active in their language activities, to sample a range of language activities, and to use language in a variety of situations for a variety of purposes. (Author)

Further information about this program may be obtained from the author at Grasmere School, Fairfield, Conn. 06430. (Author/RD)

Address delivered at the Association of Departments of English (ADE) Seminar, June 29-July 3, 1970, at San Fernando Valley State College, Los Angeles, California. (DS)

Address delivered at the Association of Departments of English (ADE) Seminar, June 22-26, 1970 at the University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida. (DS)

Explains how ineffective journalism and speech classes were replaced by student-produced and -performed closed-circuit television newscasts. (SW)

A report from the Educational Resources Information Center at the Center for Applied Linguistics; describes the bi-dialectal approach to second dialect acquisition; ERIC abstracts are included for documents pertinent to this topic. (SW)