Examines and discusses ways in which the presentation mode can affect children's talk when they are engaging in dramatic dialog. Gives special attention to those differences in language that occur across varying contexts of situation in drama. (HTH)

The way that the teacher responds to students' writing and talking is most important when developing poetry skills. This article suggests that poetry can not be taught through well-planned lessons but must come from communication and feeling. (DF)

Remediation of language disorders should be extended to include language-related mathematical difficulties. (JH)

A monthly exchange of tips, projects, ideas and resources. (Editor)

This book explains how teachers can use practical classroom techniques for combining science and language literacy at different grade levels ranging from elementary to high school. The book defines "literacy in science" to include speaking, listening, and media analysis. In chapters devoted to each of these literacy skills, specific metacognitive…

The paper's first section discusses the connection between personalized reading and punctuation for young primary grade students, with some specific sentences and teaching ideas. Next, the paper describes 10 kinds of written work, done for specific purposes, that may be used with early primary students to emphasize this personalized connection. It…

This book, produced for the American Samoa Department of Education Marine Enhancement Program, presents underwater color photography of coral reef life in an alphabetical resource. The specimens are described in English, and some are translated into the Samoan language. A picture-matching learning exercise and a glossary of scientific and oceanic…

Reports on a program which began in Coventry, England and is unique in its use of the actor-teacher--a person who is trained or experienced in both theatre and education--to stimulate classroom interest in drama. (RB)

Presents a technique for improving pupils' language by studying idioms. (RB)

Rejects the arguments for spelling reform, concluding that English spelling follows a system which is about as nearly phonetic as it needs to be. (RB)

Sixth part of a continuing series. (SK)

Thoughts on a dialectological study in Colombia. (SK)