This curriculum guide for the teaching of English at the eighth, ninth, and tenth grade levels is presented in two sections. The first section, "Junior Secondary English Language," includes: "General Statement"; "Specific Suggestions"; "Relation of Language and Literature"; "Outline of Courses--English…

The English language program presented embodies the research of English language scientists since the beginning of the century and has been designed to increase the student's ability to use the language. This curriculum guide for the teaching of English at the eleventh-grade level is presented in the following manner: "The Language Programme…

This curriculum guide for the teaching of English at the twelfth-grade level is presented in two sections. The first section, "Language," includes: "Introductory Statement,""Course Outline,""Composition/Language Chart,""Oral English," and "Dictionary." The second section,…

The provision of equal time for each academic subject, the increase in number of pupils per teacher, and the concentration on literature to the detriment of composition have contributed to the decline in writing skills of Ontario students. (MB)

Politics has always made strange bedfellows, but now the public and the traditional academy are collaborating in an attack on the site of their uneasiness--what they label "political correctness as neo-fascism" and what one composition teacher calls "political correctness as challenge to ideological assumptions." In their…

Considers some recent British criticism of the traditional senior secondary school English literature-examination dominated curriculum and suggests that these criticisms have relevance to the curriculum in Canada and other English-speaking nations. (FL)

Advocates the reorientation of English education curricula toward a more language-centered approach in Canadian institutions of higher learning. (KS)

Summarizes and criticizes report findings. (KS)

Examines the 21 most commonly used novels in English classrooms in Quebec, Canada. Finds that 86 percent of the novels were written by men, 82 percent of the main characters were men, and that female characters were more submissive than men. Notes that a qualitative analysis demonstrates the same gender bias as the quantitative results. (RS)

Provides information about 11 educational groups or resource centers that are actively involved in initiating and promoting media education throughout Canada. Gives summaries of activities, addresses, names and phones numbers of contacts, and other information. (HB)

This curriculum guide represents an interim revision of the twelfth-grade English Literature course which will be re-examined after the total Secondary English Programme is revised. It is planned for students who wish to survey the course and to encourage students to study more thoroughly the works of certain authors. The objectives of the course…

Contains a description of what English is understood to be in the public and secondary schools across Canada. (RB)

Describes the English program in the public elementary and secondary schools of Saskatchewan, Canada. (RB)