Describes how childrens' writing activities provide entries for their own spelling dictionaries. (GB)

Presents a summary of language arts research relative to early childhood education. (TO)

Describes two courses designed to teach basic language arts skills, one involving special admission students at a university and the other involving soldiers. (TO)

The design of a computer-assisted instruction language arts curriculum for the deaf is discussed. (DB)

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)