Discussions of English department identity and mission more often center on the undergraduate major curriculum than on classes for general-studies and other non-major students. In such courses, though, educators have an opportunity to touch the intellectual lives of far more people than they do in courses for majors. The author argues in this…

A symposium in the November 2006 issue of "College English" addresses the question, "What should college English be?" In this article, the author presents his answer to this question--it should be a functional approach to English studies. By English studies he means everything that is done in English departments. Most English departments teach…

Providing a rationale for the involvement of college English departments in interdisciplinary work, the papers in this collection discuss the difficulties surrounding the introduction of interdisciplinary courses and programs that make special demands on the time and energy of individual faculty members and on limited departmental resources.…

Discusses the need for a reformed English curriculum. (HOD)

The focus of this book--an appeal for a reevaluation of the literature teacher's pedagogical goals and methods--is twofold: first, the reasons for the enjoyment of reading literature and suggestions for stimulating in students a love of plays, poetry, and novels; and second, new roles for the teacher. Chapter 1 outlines some of the problems facing…

Maynard Mack, Emeritus Sterling Professor of English at Yale, discusses his pioneering work with the oral interpretation of literature in the graduate and undergraduate English classroom, making the point that such oral techniques need not be limited to the drama or speech departments. (Author/SJL)

Through the use of theater games, the literary and theatrical aspects of drama can be brought closer together in the classroom. (JH)

The 26 lectures and addresses in this book are all concerned with methods of instruction in secondary school English classes. They are organized into seven major sections: an introduction which considers the emerging curriculum in English and the aims of English instruction; individualization of instruction; teaching reading, writing, and…

This book explores the central concerns in the teaching of English at the secondary level in relation to the changes in content emphases and methods during the last decade. It contains six chapters. "Personal Response and Writing" discusses purposes in writing, self-expression, form, roles of the teacher, categories of writing, and audience and…

Designed primarily for English faculty at two-year colleges in California, "Inside English" includes articles on instructional innovations and major curricular, administrative, and employment issues of concern to teachers in the field as well as information on the activities of the English Council of the California Two-Year Colleges (ECCTYC). The…

Designed primarily for English faculty at two-year colleges in California, "Inside English" includes articles on instructional innovations in teaching remedial writing, literature courses, and freshman composition, and on major curricular, administrative, and employment issues in the field. The four issues in volume 8 include the…