Noting that recommendations for integrating elementary reading and writing often fail to provide adequate specific suggestions, proposes seven instructional principles based upon research on the reading-writing relationship and suggests specific techniques for each principle. (NH)

A bilingual education program for deaf children (ages 13-16) in American Sign Language (ASL) and English is described. Using a team-teaching approach, a deaf teacher taught social studies using ASL while a hearing teacher taught language arts using Signed English and speech. Follow-up activities are summarized and a teaching unit outlined. (VW)

Finds that college freshmen's opinions on vocabulary acquisition agree with the results of recent research, which states that free reading is the most efficient and effective means of acquiring vocabulary in a first language. Results contrast with a study of university foreign language students, most of whom did not value reading as a means of…

Discusses the field of educational publishing and argues that the majority of textbooks reflect static programs and packages and prescribed curricula. Also argues that because teachers are learning to adapt their instructional materials to their own purposes, textbook publishers will have to change both the content and pedagogy of their texts.…

Emphasizes the place of language arts in a bilingual education system in Nigeria, which combines English with up to 394 native languages, but notes that policy implementation varies in each state. (HOD)

Reviews the Curriculum Referenced Tests of Mastery that are intended to measure achievement, with the emphasis on measuring what a student has learned rather than predicting future success in school, concluding that the tests are worthy of consideration by any district. (HOD)

Explains the whole language teaching strategy. Shows what to expect in classrooms of whole language advocates. Describes curriculum guides based on the approach. (EL)

Discusses the benefits of a source of guidance for teachers: language arts research. Explores an authentic classroom experience using a socio-psycholinguistic theoretical orientation and an ethnographic approach to research. (EL)

The beginning of the school year is an excellent time for teachers to reevaluate their curriculum and think about what children really need to know. Suggestions for developing innovative and creative teaching techniques in language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies are discussed. (DF)

Describes the interaction in an Australian tenth year English class. Discusses the perceptions of three of the students, sometimes as spectator and sometimes as participant. Recounts the teacher's thoughts as she composed the curriculum, then speculates on teaching as science and art, observing the many disciplines inherent to English instruction.…

Reports on observations of five preschool children in the home and kindergarten classrooms, which indicated that while children initiate literacy experiences in the home, they become passive in the mediated environment of the school. (HTH)

Describes how two college professors showed their undergraduate students how a whole language classroom works. (FL)

Illustrates how all of the language arts are used by teachers and students to uncover the imaginative potential of language and their creative potential. Models ways of thinking about and investigating how instructional experiences, including classroom activities and the ways teachers interact with students, affect learning. (HTH)

Points out the many people who influence what goes on in classrooms, and relying on insights gained from research on language interaction, offers guidelines for communicating with these complex audiences--parents, administrators, policymakers, politicians, and the general public. (HTH)

Evaluates reading/language arts, mathematics, general problem-solving, science, social studies, creative arts, foreign languages, computer literacy, and audio-visual author software. Also lists and describes criteria used in the evaluation. (Equipment specifications and sources of software are included.) (JN)