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Download full textSpann, Sylvia, Ed.; Culp, Mary Beth, Ed. – 1980
The seven thematic units in this guide focus on communication skills, offering English teachers contemporary plans for teaching writing, listening, reading, reasoning, critical thinking, and appreciation of literary genres. The units were selected for their humanistic approaches to student language learning, combining English instruction with…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Communication Skills, Creative Writing, Curriculum Development
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1978
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 11 titles deal with the following topics: interrelationships among different approaches to measuring listening comprehension; two methods of articulatory assessment on the responses of kindergarten children; a comparative…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Annotated Bibliographies, Articulation (Speech), Communication Skills
Cantu, Norma E. – 1979
To spur English teachers to change their attitudes and methods in dealing with nonnative English speaking students, this autobiographical account by a Chicana woman describes how English teachers caused her to feel insecurity, frustration, and embarrassment about her use of language. Among the problems the author describes are her suffering at…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Dropout Prevention, Educational Problems, Elementary Secondary Education
HENRY, MABEL WRIGHT, ED. – 1967
IDEAS FOR THE CREATIVE USE OF ORAL LANGUAGE IN THE ELEMENTARY CLASSROOM ARE PRESENTED IN THIS SYMPOSIUM. PART 1, "THE NEED FOR CREATIVE EXPERIENCES IN ORAL LANGUAGE" BY M.W. HENRY, IS CONCERNED WITH THE INTERRELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CREATIVE ORAL LANGUAGE ACTIVITIES AND THE ACQUISITION OF READING AND WRITING SKILLS. PART 2, "CHORIC INTERPRETATION" BY…
Descriptors: Choral Speaking, Creative Activities, Creative Dramatics, Creative Expression
National Council of Teachers of English, Champaign, IL. – 1961
If the very existence of a free society depends on a literate and articulate citizenry, the study of English in the United States should be substantially improved on every level from kindergarten through graduate school. Immediate steps must be taken to (1) focus the teaching of English upon the study of language, literature, and composition, (2)…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Class Size, Educational Legislation, Educational Research
Cross, Janet S.
This 6-week instructional program designed for University of Pittsburgh English-teacher interns emphasizes the development of attitudes and skills necessary for student-oriented teaching. From six core principles of learning, a set of course objectives is derived, and five self-contained units designed to achieve these objectives are presented.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Discussion (Teaching Technique), English Instruction, Inservice Teacher Education
Peer reviewedCollege Composition and Communication, 1966
Workshop reports of 35 committees meeting at the Conference on College Composition and Communication are included. Nine reports discuss types of composition courses or programs which emphasize either rhetoric, literature, language, or communication. Five reports discuss the needs of and programs established for special students--superior,…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Advanced Placement, College Freshmen, Course Objectives
Hammermesh, Madeline – 1968
A survey of 11 of Minnesota's 16 state junior colleges begins with a discussion of the present situation and problems of junior college English and of the growth and function of the junior college. The major portion of the document presents the results of the survey based on a questionnaire which covered the following areas: (1) abilities and…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Objectives, English Curriculum
Allen, Arthur T. – The Horn Book Magazine, 1967
The two complementary questions--"What does literature do to young readers?" and "Can literature be taught?"--are not easily answered. Youth should not employ literature as an exclusive guide to life since they will encounter numerous unrealistic situations. Instead, literature should entice them to deal vicariously with vivid, new experiences and…
Descriptors: Books, Childhood Attitudes, Children, Childrens Literature
Marckwardt, Albert H., Ed. – 1968
This collection of five papers from the Anglo-American Seminar on the Teaching of English deals with language standards, common attitudes toward language, the relationship between linguistics and the teaching of English, and the linguistic component of the preparation of the English teacher. Albert H. Marckwardt surveys the history of language…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Attitudes, English Instruction, Inservice Teacher Education
Smith, Henry Lee, Jr. – 1968
A new fundamental tool of analysis, the morphophone, is presented in this monograph, and some implications of this discovery for the problems involved in the teaching of literacy are considered. The relation of written to spoken English is explored first, for experience has shown that the basic problem in becoming literate is gaining the ability…
Descriptors: Dialects, English Instruction, Form Classes (Languages), Language Instruction
Scamman, James Pierce, Jr. – 1967
The problem of finding adequately prepared teachers in public schools is determined to be directly related to school size and grade level in this study. Tables illustrating this principle are derived from a state-wide survey of Iowan junior and senior high schools concerning teaching assignments in the communicative arts during the first semester…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Curriculum, Educational Certificates, Educational Improvement
Downing, Edna C. – 1966
Emphasizing the newspaper's influence on people's lives and opinions and its role in preserving a democratic government, this teaching guide attempts to promote student understanding and appreciation of the functions, service, and responsibilities of the press. Units for grades 7-12 focus on particular aspects of the newspaper: introduction to the…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Democratic Values, English Instruction, Freedom of Speech
Tosh, J.; And Others – CITE Newsletter, 1969
Three articles deal with primary school English instruction. W. J. Jackson examines some possible sets of objectives for a language arts program--e.g., development through language of creative and reasoning faculties, awareness of language characteristics and of writing models useful in contemporary society, achievement of expected terminal and…
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Creative Writing, Educational Objectives
Purves, Alan; Dill, Nancy – 1967
As part of an international study of students' achievement in literature, a thorough analysis was made of 23 current books, curricula, and reports, concerning the teaching of literature, to determine the pedagogical objectives pursued and the kinds of literature being taught in secondary schools in the United States. From these sources, a number…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Course Content, Cultural Background, Educational Objectives
