The purpose of this study is to examine four adolescent novels exclusively from the viewpoint of literary criticims. Two of the novels, labeled adolescent by the publishers, are "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel and "His Enemy, His Friend" by John Tunis; the other two, not labeled adolescent by the publishers, are "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok, and "A…

Teaching techniques that induce high school and college students to write subjectively as well as objectively are briefly discussed and illustrated with examples. (DB)

The general purpose of this study is to provide preliminary evaluation and descriptive data of the remedial non-credit English course E-101 at Stout State University. Another purpose was to ascertain the number of students who passed E-101 and, subsequently, E-102A (regular Freshman English Composition) and E-102B. Six hypotheses related to the…

Argues that composition teachers should accept as little blame as possible for students' errors in using the apostrophe, that a large chunk of the blame should be assigned to workbooks with oversimple rules, and that basic writers have more important things to worry about. (RS)

Contends that the genitive apostrophe is losing its grammatical significance and its utility and will eventually be dropped. (DD)

This paper presents a theory of instruction in the art of rhetorical invention and provides a basis for making decisions about teaching it. Invention is the process of inquiry through which one arrives at propositions and develops arguments in support of them. The author argues that by teaching invention along with the other arts of rhetoric,…

Although college English teachers train students to produce "literature," most professional writing in America does not fall in this category. (DD)

Describes the day-to-day mechanics, including course objectives, classroom procedures, and grading of the Personalized System of Instruction for teaching English composition skills to deaf college students. Also discusses the advantages and disadvantages of the system. (EKN)

An English composition teacher compares instructions in a tap-dancing class to learning the basic skills of writing. (PBS)

Compares and contrasts two prominent theories of composition, social constructionism and expressionism. Argues that, although these two theories tend to be viewed as polar opposites, they actually share many points of connection. Shows how these two approaches can be utilized together in the composition classroom. (HB)

This study was conducted to find out the effectiveness of Layered Instructional Strategy (LIS) based on the Elaboration Theory given by Charles M. Reigeluth on the learning achievement of secondary school students in the subject of English. Main objectives were to develop an understanding about instructional strategy, to ascertain the difference…