Discusses the technique and appeal of ten best-selling books, concluding that other mass media may be a better source of the qualities and values represented in the books. (AA)

Reviews current approaches to testing oral competence at 16plus and suggests some less artificial alternatives. (AA)

Compares discussion in teacherless small group with that in a class lesson. (AA)

Explores the teaching of English as a second language and suggests ways in which English can be organized for teaching. (MB)

Shows how South Asian literature enriches the English curriculum by providing a key to the people of South Asia and to their cultures, religions, languages, and history. (MB)

Discusses the necessary content and philosophy of English courses designed for those students who must pass technical or vocational exams, including sections in language usage. (TO)

Initiates discussion of a coherent set of objectives for semi-vocational English instruction and courses. (TO)

Describes the preliminary findings of a comparative study investigating what "English" as a discipline means to secondary school and college teachers and students in the United States, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Situates these findings in a historical context, reviews current discussions about the discipline, and looks to…

Provides the insights and reactions of one fiction writer who discovered that her works had been included on Great Britain's official reading list of the Revised Orders. Considers the rationale of the inclusion of the writer's own writing on the reading list. (HB)

Examines contemporary conditions of English in 3 British secondary schools. Considers (1) what English teachers say about their aims; (2) how these aims are translated into classroom practices; and (3) what external agencies want the subject of English to produce. Concludes teachers "delivered" the cultural products of Standard English…

Discusses the cultural diversity and the variety of family backgrounds of pupils in a multi-social school, and recommends creating a positive classroom environment through books, other materials, and a multi-ethnic approach to the curriculum. (MB)

Outlines problems facing the National Association for the Teaching of English (NATE) in the 1980s, suggests some positive actions that NATE can begin to take, and notes the need for a radical change in the present public image of the English teacher. (GT)

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)

Contends that most student teachers of English in Great Britain now welcome information technology (IT) in English, seeing it as central to the literacy of all pupils. Finds some current English teachers remain ambivalent about IT, but the general trend is toward a broader definition of literacy that gives significant value to electronic text…

Considers one location involving complex language skills, the offices of professional architects. Analyzes written and spoken texts in such an environment and the context of working relationships in which they are produced. Broadens a view of language competencies required by professional communicators. (HB)