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Manchel, Frank, Ed.; Clark, Virginia, Ed. – 1969
This overview of the first year of the La Mancha Project consists of papers on various aspects of the 5-year project to improve the composition instruction in Vermont schools, incorporating workshop and individual student conference techniques, and integrating writing with other academic studies. The papers include discussions of (1) ninth grade…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Film Production, Grade 9, History Instruction
Washington Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia. – 1969
Guidelines presented in this publication offer an impetus and direction which may be necessary for implementing change in the English curriculum. Factors discussed include the teacher's attitudes toward teaching, sources of professional stimulation for teachers, the content (language and literature) and teaching methods of the English course,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, English Curriculum
Schumann, Paul F. – 1969
Ninety-six study projects, for individuals or groups, dealing with works by American authors or America's history in the past 100 years are listed. (JM)
Descriptors: American History, Analytical Criticism, English Instruction, Group Activities
Larsen, David – 1969
After completing a freshman course that provides instruction in basic skills and acquaints them with five members of the English staff, students at Orono High School, Maine, can select according to their interests from among 37 courses in diverse areas: folklore, film study, mythology, modern grammar, English literature, expository writing, and…
Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Elective Courses
Campbell, Oscar James – 1957
This paper chronologically presents a history of curricular development dating from the inception of King's College in 1754 through Columbia University's departmental offerings in 1953. The comprehensive study of curriculums is initiated with a review of the significance of rhetoric during the early period. Systematic examination of the growth of…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Comparative Education, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development
Geiger, Evangeline Drury – 1967
This study of methods of teaching vocabulary in the junior high school investigated three approaches: use of a programed text in vocabulary development that emphasized context clues, use of the programed text augmented by listening assistance, and use of the programed text augmented by a word-analysis supplement. Over 300 students with I.Q.'s…
Descriptors: Educational Research, English Instruction, Junior High School Students, Programed Instruction

Loughlin, Richard L. – College English, 1965
Presented in this article is a list of practical suggestions designed to aid college teachers of English in instructing disadvantaged students more effectively. (AF)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, College English, College Language Programs, Disadvantaged Youth
Perceptions of Teachers of English Regarding Certain Oral Activities in the Classroom (Grades 7-12).
Mosely, James Nunnlee, Jr. – 1967
To identify speech skills necessary to effectively teach the oral dimension of language, 137 secondary school teachers of English in Alabama were asked to complete a questionnaire on (1) their undergraduate education, (2) their knowledge of speech, and (3) those speech activities perceived useful in facilitating instruction in oral English. The…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Debate, English Instruction, Public Speaking
Diederich, Paul B. – 1965
The low rate of agreement among readers of College Entrance Examination essays suggested the need to examine the qualities in student writing which caused wide variance in grading. To study this question, 300 homework papers by freshmen at three universities were graded by 60 distinguished readers in six fields. The following factors, by rank,…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, English Education, English Instruction, Evaluation Criteria
Golub, Lester S. – 1969
The primary goal for teachers of English composition is to help students achieve a competent oral and written style compatible with their own environment, age, sex, and socioeconomic background. To help students express their thoughts and perceptions clearly and logically, teachers should (1) exhibit a positive attitude toward writing; (2) provide…
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Creative Expression, Creative Writing, English Instruction
Bell, Marvin – The Journal of the Conference on College Composition and Communication, 1964
Contemporary poetry can be of value in the study of composition as a model of careful, concise, and effective use of language. Students can observe and, hopefully, imitate the poet's precise use of (1) vocabulary, (2) supporting materials, (3) introductions and conclusions, (4) transitional words and phrases, and (5) a variety of types of diction…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Creative Writing, Curriculum Enrichment, English Instruction
Fasel, Ida – The Journal of the Conference on College Composition and Communication, 1963
This poetry assignment for college freshmen involved preparing a paper. Reading of an Unterecker essay on poetry, extensive reading in a chosen poet, study of criticism, and organization of the paper are discussed. Excerpts from the results are included. Results are discussed in relation to the appreciation of poetry and composition skills. (AF)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Critical Reading, English Instruction, Essays
Simonson, Solomon S. – The English Journal, 1966
A questionnaire designed to gather data on seven different approaches to the teaching of composition and disseminated among a sample of high school and college English teachers in the New York area forms the basis of this discussion. Form, thematic, grammatical, processes, creative, rhetorical, and psychological approaches are defined and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Educational Practices, English Instruction, Essays
Ong, Walter J. – 1960
Because an English teacher's work involves communication at the highest level with the past, present, and future, he must be more sensitive than other men to changes in the communicative process. The communication approaches of the classical period, dialogue and argumentation, gave way to a more "manuscript culture" in the Middle Ages, and, by…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Communications, Communication (Thought Transfer), Cultural Traits, English Instruction
Slate, Joseph Evans – 1967
If the best criticism of art is another work of art, studying the act of translation (the movement of ideas from one area or method of expression to another, such as between languages, between ancient and modern, between literature and life) can be of value to the English teacher. Bad translations, as exemplified in the condensation and…
Descriptors: Art Expression, Comparative Analysis, Drama, English Instruction