Professor J. Charles Alderson grew up in the town of Burnley, in the North-West of England, and is still based in the North West but in the ancient city of Lancaster. From Burnley to Lancaster, however, lies a journey and a career that took him all around the world to share his knowledge, skills, and experience in language testing and to learn…

Describes motherese as higher vocal pitch relative to the pitch of adult to adult speech. Research literature pertaining to this issue is discussed and deficits in the resulting knowledge base are then identified. Concludes with an outline of current developments in research in this area. (BSR)

Reviews the variety of methods of linguistic and stylistic analysis used in evaluating pupils' writing--both those offered by traditional classroom practice and those from current language-and-learning work--and discusses the implications the current interest in Language across the Curriculum may have for English instruction. (GT)