Somewhere over the Rainbow: Textbooks and English Classes.

Boynton, Robert

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ERIC Number: EJ381697

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1988

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Somewhere over the Rainbow: Textbooks and English Classes.

Boynton, Robert

English Education, v20 n4 p206-14 Dec 1988

Describes what publishers can do to improve textbooks and teaching, and what teachers can do with inadequate textbooks to repair the "faulty" state of language education. Lists nine "knowns" about language education and explains how textbooks can exploit that knowledge within existing constraints. (RS)

Descriptors: English Curriculum, Language Arts, Publishing Industry, Reading Skills, Secondary Education, Textbook Evaluation, Textbook Publication, Textbook Standards, Writing Skills

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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