Describes recent work to provide a filtering service for readers interested in medically related news articles from online news sources. The first task is to filter out nonmedical news items; the remaining articles are then assigned MeSH headings for context and then further categorized by intended audience level. (Author/LRW)

Introduces illustrator Dennis Nolan. Explains his work routine, his storyteller philosophy, and his perception of audience. (RAE)

Divides research literature on educational hypermedia design into two groups, one advocating no author control of the users' path through the material (found to be lacking in audience and goals analyses as well as results evaluation), the other advocating varying degrees of control (found to lack grounding in theory). (SR)

Why are many teachers around the world moving toward task-based learning (TBL)? This shift is based on the strong belief that TBL facilitates second language acquisition and makes second language learning and teaching more principled and effective. Based on insights gained from using tasks as research tools, this volume shows how teachers can use…

In this article, I present a qualitative analysis of third graders' experiences with a unit from their district-mandated commercial reading curriculum in which the children made strong connections between a fictional account of a Depression-era farm family's economic hardships and their own 21st century lives in a city with one of the highest…

This article describes an exercise that involves providing students with a basic understanding and demonstration of audience adaptation and then asking them to practice and evaluate the skill. In this exercise the instructor begins by providing students with background on analyzing and adapting to audiences. Then the instructor collects several…

Genital human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is the most common sexually transmitted virus in the United States, causing genital warts, cervical cell abnormalities, and cervical cancer in women. To inform HPV education efforts, 35 focus groups were conducted with members of the general public, stratified by gender, race/ethnicity, and urban/rural…

Advocates venturing deeper into rhetorical situation since covering it in a superficial way may pose more problems than ignoring it altogether. Offers examples of the kinds of problems students encounter with audience and purpose. Suggests grappling with these complexities rather than discounting them. (PA)

Lists nine assertions pertaining to the field of theatre for children and youth. Spurs questions and discussion that provides useful contextualization for all of the papers presented for a symposium--papers which ranged widely over diverging ideological subjects. (SG)

Presents an interview with Author/Screen Writer David Klass. Discusses his dual role as young adult author and Hollywood screenwriter. Illuminates important differences that Klass finds when working as writer of young adult books and as a screenwriter. (SG)

Defines "applied theater" as a theater work which aims to process important social issues and which takes place in non-theatrical surroundings. Follows the evolution of one particular applied theater project about Matthew Shepard and examines the issues raised for those interested in applied theater's possibilities and constraints. (PM)

Discusses how reader response techniques, by bringing students together into interpretive communities, encourage students' real interactions with literary texts, and foster greater awareness of audience. (SR)

Notes that reader analysis is essential in writing technical documents. Reviews several ways to analyze readers, and groups the ways into three manageable categories: demographic, organization, and psychological approaches. (SR)

Discusses the benefits of producing theater for young audiences and some of the scripts available. Considers the value of theater for young audiences. Discusses where to look for scripts including several play anthologies. Presents a list of 13 publishers of plays for young audiences. (SC)

Challenges the prevailing view of publics as relative entities. Reviews the two primary schools of semiotics, Saussrean and Peircean, arguing for the utility of the latter. Concludes that a public can be best understood as an ongoing process of agreement upon an interpretation, and that the public may develop a more sophisticated, insightful…