Reviews selected English and language arts curriculum guides in use in five provinces--British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, and Nova Scotia. The discussion focuses on the literature sections of the curriculum guides. (SRT)

Analyzes the reasons for teaching English in Canadian schools, viewing the arguments both for and against it. (RB)

Describes a nontraditional English program provided by the private sector and intended for the remote learner in Canada. (FL)

Concludes that there is some congruence between the majority of Nova Scotia's English teachers' beliefs about writing and some aspects of current research findings concerning the writing process. (AEA)

Argues that courses in sociolinguistics should form part of the education of every Canadian teacher regardless of the subject he is going to teach. (Author)

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)

Shows that traditional grammar teaching grew out of nineteenth-century beliefs about language learning and the nature of knowledge that are profoundly different from those that direct the language arts curriculum today. Bases the account on approved textbooks, Alberta Department of Education reports, public examinations, and anecdotal records. (EL)

Summarizes and criticizes report findings. (KS)

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)

Describes the propensity of English-as-a-Second-Language students to drop out, or feel pushed out, of high schools in Canada. Reports on a study of such drop-out rates, particularly in Alberta high schools. Discusses the implications of these findings. (HB)

Argues that educational standards in Saskatchewan, Canada high schools must be raised in the areas of reading and writing. (RB)

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)