The author describes a field-based program which integrates current theory of how elementary school children develop oral and written language processes with the role of the teacher as researcher, reflective practitioner, and effective planner. (MT)

Describes a study designed to determine which sentence level errors by nonnative speakers of English are judged to be most serious by an academic community and to discover what factors may influence this judgment. Most respondents saw the errors in relative rather than absolute terms, forming an error hierarchy. (SED)

Describes three experiments that explored the informational roles of emphasis and word order in active sentences. The results, when considered together, strongly implicate recentness, but not emphasis, as an important means of linking temporally contiguous sentences. (HTH)

This study presents an empirical investigation of basic processes in the perception of speech sounds. The experimental methods applied have their roots in two different psycholinguistic research paradigms; i.e., "categorical perception" and "dichotic listening." In the categorical perception paradigm, listeners' categorization…

Explores the history of the study of Black English and the history of researchers' and teachers' attitudes towards Black English and its study. (RB)

Notes the positive effects of assigning students tasks that require them to find samples of language that exemplify some general theoretical principles. (RL)

Annotates articles, dissertations, and papers on the subject of research in the teaching of English. Organizes annotations under the categories of writing, language, literature, and teacher education. (MS)

Discusses the existence of anglicisms in German as a problem for the practice and teaching of translation, in which attention must be paid to the status of loans in the German linguistic and social system. Offers an approach to the translation of transparent anglicisms and proposes a method of translation. (SR)

Studies the construction of coherent narrations of events in a picture storybook by children and adults. Applies a causal network discourse analysis. Analyzes the structure and content of the network representation of the main character. Reveals differences in content and structure of the narratives. (HB)

Studies the efficacy of E-Prime (a form of English that eliminates all forms of the verb "to be") by looking at copula deletion and "flaming" by 214 users of electronic mail. Concludes that no relationship exists between copula deletion and flaming, which does not support the use of E-Prime. (HB)

Argues that "E-Prime" (a form of English that eliminates all forms of the verb "to be") should not be woven directly into the fabric of today's system of English education. Reacts to arguments for E-Prime as espoused by David Bourland and states a case against E-Prime. (HB)

Describes how interactive hand gestures made during conversation help maintain the conversation as a social system. Relates the methods and results of three experiments designed to test this theory. Finds that interactive gestures maintain involvement with the interlocutor without interrupting the flow of conversation. (HB)

Examines press releases and product announcements of computer hardware and software companies to determine what computer-related words are used in materials released to the general public. Finds that the computer and its products have had and continue to have a great impact on the English language. (PRA)

Discusses bilingualism in written cuneiform texts from ancient Babylonia and Sumeria. Describes the development of formats and techniques that enabled two or more languages on a single document to coexist harmoniously and productively. (SR)

Looks closely at the nature of the bilingual edition and the specific problems that it presents to the translation theorist. Examines publishers' strategies, the translator's introduction and notes, and reading strategies. Comments on the importance of the translation process. (SR)