Nine practising poets who also teach discuss their approach in presenting poetry to students. All want teachers to tell their students, in some fashion, that the writing and reading of poetry are not exclusively or even essentially classroom activities. (Author/PD)

The use of popular culture to bring about an advanced learning in the students as they try to find appropriate literary allusions and further their own learning in the process is discussed.

In this article, the author describes a personal teaching experience that led her to incorporate improvisational drama into her English classroom. The author describes justifications for implementing drama into the classroom as well as the possible benefits gained by teachers and students. Also included are several improvisational dramatic…

This note introduces readers to the development of English for specific purposes (ESP) teaching and research in China and, more specifically, aviation English curriculum development in the Chinese context, so that ESP professionals can be acquainted with the recent development of ESP theory and practice in a non-English speaking country like…

For the sake of keeping language alive, contemporary American poets must be included in the English curriculum. (JH)

Some uses of the mass media for educating the adolescent are discussed, and the fact that teachers have generally neglected using mass media devices is emphasized. Multisensory stimuli are seen to enhance the excitement and drama of the written page and to be essential to a concept of literacy broad enough to encompass all aspects of critical and…

Identifies the activities recognized as drama in the curriculum and suggests that each offers a distinctive educational experience and has a particular educational justification. (Author/RB)

Practical suggestions about units and materials that the author has used in a high-school environmental study class. (Author/SP)

English teachers must consistently design high-quality and balanced curricula that involve the purposeful integration of multicultural literature. But making decisions about the content of the literature curriculum continues to be a complex and political process. Which authors are included? Which are excluded? How do teachers make these decisions?…

Solomon Henry Clark's 1895 address entitled "The New Elocution," focused on the denigration of elocution as an academic discipline, its fall from favor with universities, and the worn, tired, and reductive methods of teaching which he saw around him. Clark's vision--as he stated in his 1915 address and book entitled "Interpretation…

Paper presented at Annual Convention of National Council of Teachers of English (Milwaukee, Wis., November 28-30, 1968).

Article described a method by which three teacher interns, preparing to be English teachers, combined their backgrounds and interests in philosophy, history, and communications to formulate a twelfth grade elective course. (Author/RK)

Examining the origin and accomplishments of the Lancastrian monitorial system of instruction, this paper discusses the influence of that system on American education. It gives a brief history of how Joseph Lancaster became involved in reading instruction and how he was a pioneer in emphasizing a reading curriculum that was written down. It then…