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Lloyd-Jones, Richard – Journal of Basic Writing, 1986
Reprints the inaugural address of the 1986 president of the National Council of Teachers of English. Examines issues in English instruction such as emphasizing facts over reasoning; developing a sense of audience; mechanics; dialects; and literature instruction. (RS)
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Dialects, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction
Fry, Edward – 1982
"Writeability" is concerned with helping writers and editors produce materials on easier readability levels. A major input of most readability formulas is vocabulary difficulty. One way to increase readability is to use simple vocabulary or shorter words since word frequency studies show that more common words are shorter. The other…
Descriptors: Language Styles, Punctuation, Readability, Readability Formulas

Kinloch, A. M.; And Others – English Quarterly, 1985
Describes calls to a grammar hot line about usage, grammar, spelling, and punctuation. Concludes that many people besides educators and professional writers care about exact and accurate language usage. (EL)
Descriptors: Information Services, Information Sources, Language Skills, Language Usage
Bowers, Bradley R. – 1994
In her much-quoted statement of principles "A Room of One's Own," Virginia Woolf wishes for "a woman's sentence." In that essay, she doubts that a woman can use the same sentence as a man to write literature, because "the weight, the pace, the stride of a man's mind are too unlike her own for her to lift anything…
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Females, Feminism, Higher Education
Howington, Cynthia – 1983
Perhaps because of their familiarity with joke telling, students often do their best writing when using humor. In both telling jokes and creating humorous works, students need to develop a strong sense of audience, an awareness of the importance of vivid description, a strong sense of purpose, and the ability to use punctuation for effect. The…
Descriptors: Feedback, Higher Education, Humor, Punctuation
Amilcar Cipriano, Nestor – Yelmo, 1979
This concluding article in a series concerning the use of the comma in Spanish gives specific examples of its use from Spanish literature. Concluding remarks outline the major purposes of the comma. (NCR)
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Instruction, Punctuation, Second Language Learning

Kvernbekk, Tone – Studies in Philosophy and Education, 2003
Discusses narratives and the possible narrative structure of the process leading up to the completed article. Discusses two approaches to categorization and the most commonly referred to criteria for identifying narratives as well as the problems principally involved in punctuation of sequences and thus in deciding which narrative we are dealing…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Colleges, Context Effect, Discourse Modes
Lynch-Biniek, Amy – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 2005
In this article, I examine Lynn Truss's book of punctuation rules and faux pas, "Eats, Shoots & Leaves," contemplating the complex relationships among class, academics, and language snobbery. I don't refute Truss's lessons on punctuation. Instead, I use her text as a jumping-off point for discussion of the social issues embedded in her guide and…
Descriptors: Punctuation, Grammar, Language, Books
Dawkins, John – 1994
The punctuation system presented in this paper has explanatory power insofar as it explains how good writers punctuate. The paper notes that good writers have learned, through reading, the differences among a hierarchy of marks and acquired a sense of independent clauses that allows them to use the hierarchy, along with a reader-sensitive notion…
Descriptors: Authors, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Punctuation
Chafe, Wallace – 1987
Punctuation contributes substantially to the effectiveness of a piece of writing, and its successful use calls for an awareness of the sound of written language. For centuries, debates have existed over whether punctuation is determined by grammar, or whether its primary function is to signal the "prosody"--the patterns of pitch and…
Descriptors: Grammar, Inner Speech (Subvocal), Oral Reading, Punctuation

Haviland, Carol Peterson; Steen, Sara Jayne – English Journal, 1984
Examines four common student misconceptions in grammar and punctuation, suggests the reasons for these misconceptions, and argues that teachers need to help students develop a thorough understanding of the English language system. (MM)
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, Grammar

Marsello, Angie Ward – English Journal, 1991
Argues that recent teaching strategies geared toward improving student writing through positive reinforcement have resulted in mediocre writing products. Suggests that mechanics be given the same value as content in the evaluation process. (KEH)
Descriptors: Error Correction, Punctuation, Secondary Education, Spelling

Baron, Naomi S. – Language Sciences, 2001
Argues that the history of punctuation in the English-speaking world offers tangible evidence for the evolving interplay between speech and writing. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: English, Grammar, Language Usage, Latin
Gibson, Walker – 1978
Readers are "dumb" because they are not privy to the mind and intentions of the writer; and the failure of the unsuccessful writer is a failure to forecast what it is going to be like to be a dumb reader of the document. Sample sentences from students' writing illustrate the following types of writing problems, which force the reader to examine…
Descriptors: Audiences, Cognitive Processes, Communication Problems, Higher Education

Wilson, Lionel – English Quarterly, 1981
England's Leslie Stratta shares his views on teaching basic writing and assessing student growth in writing. (AEA)
Descriptors: Assignments, Punctuation, Skill Development, Spelling