Few children could segment both speech and print conventionally but more could identify the number of letter groups corresponding to their own unconventional segmentation of speech. (Authors)

Paper read at the annual meeting of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, San Francisco, California, December 1970. (DS)

Includes sample forms used in the study to elicit students' compositions and examples of those compositions. (SW)

A paper presented at annual convention of National Council of Teachers of English (59th, Washington, D.C., November 28, 1969). (RD)

Based on results reported in a doctoral dissertation completed at Yale University. (VM)

Author presents data on Washoe, a chimpanzee taught American Sign Language; he concludes that this represents true language learning. (SP)

Pause detection thresholds and the duration of fluent and hesitation pauses as a function of syntactic complexity were studied in 12 normal young adult male speakers. (KW)

Patterns, characteristics and styles of interpersonal communication in 316 men and women were investigated using the Inventory; item analysis yielded 50 items which discriminated between good and poor communication. (Author)

First part of a two-part series. Part II will appear in a future issue of Le Francais dansle Monde". (DS)

The notion of genetic intellectual inferiority and the theory of low self esteem among negroes is refuted. This is done in terms of their linguistic differences which are very different from Standard English. (MF)