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Peer reviewedGibson, Walker – College English, 1974
Skill in intelligently analyzing any medium can be applied to any other medium. (JH)
Descriptors: Creativity, English Instruction, Language, Teacher Responsibility
Peer reviewedKehl, D. G. – College English, 1977
Analyzes the evils of political and commercial doublespeak and contends that they can be alleviated by the truth of good literature. (DD)
Descriptors: Advertising, English Instruction, Higher Education, Language
Peer reviewedTaylor, Mary Vaiana – College English, 1974
Our system of teaching language makes most native speakers feel insecure in their own usages. (JH)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Language, Language Instruction, Language Usage
Peer reviewedBeardsley, Monroe C. – College English, 1974
The task of keeping language alive is a task for all teachers. (JH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, English Instruction, Freedom of Speech, Language
Peer reviewedMiller, James E., Jr. – College English, 1970
An open letter by the President of the National Council of Teachers of English. (SW)
Descriptors: Educational Responsibility, English Instruction, Human Dignity, Humanities
Peer reviewedBasgall, Richard J. – College English, 1975
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Communication (Thought Transfer), English Instruction, Language
Peer reviewedSteinman, Martin, Jr. – College English, 1973
The author supports the theory that one of the important relationships between literature and knowledge is the language of literature. (MM)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Cognitive Objectives, English Curriculum, English Instruction
Peer reviewedSzilak, Dennis – College English, 1975
All distinctions between types of real-life and classroom situations are only tricks. (JH)
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, English, English Instruction
Peer reviewedEskey, David E. – College English, 1974
No one should be allowed to teach English until he has mastered the fundamentals of social and regional dialectology. (JH)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Grammar, Language, Linguistics
Peer reviewedStewart, Garrett – College English, 1975
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, English Instruction, Fiction, Higher Education
Peer reviewedMcCracken, Nancy – College English, 1975
We should train our students to apply the tools of literary analysis to political language.
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, Audiences, Communication (Thought Transfer), English Instruction
Peer reviewedCollege English, 1974
A collection of reports from various workshops at the 1973 NCTE College Section Unconference. (JH)
Descriptors: College English, College Faculty, College Language Programs, College Students
Peer reviewedTeichman, Milton – College English, 1976
The best literature dealing with the Holocaust assumes the worthwhileness and preciousness of human life. (JH)
Descriptors: Anti Semitism, English Instruction, Higher Education, History
Peer reviewedBleich, David – College English, 1976
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Cognitive Processes, Discourse Analysis
Download full textChomsky, Noam – College English, 1966
Two traditions are distinguishable in modern linguistic theory: the tradition of "universal grammar" which flourished in the 17th and 18th centuries, and the tradition of structural or descriptive linguistics which reached its peak 15 or 20 years ago. Universal grammar was concerned with (1) the relation of deep structure to surface forms and to…
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Descriptive Linguistics, English Instruction, Grammar
