Users of this glossary will find it an index to and a summary of concepts that writers, critics, and scholars have used to describe and discuss the English language and its literature. Concentration is given to literature (including criticism), rhetorical theory, and composition. The articles in the glossary are to be considered adjuncts to, not…

A hand-operated mechanical device, called an X-Y Platform because of its ability to undergo orthogonal planar motions reminiscent of X and Y coordinates, permits design simplifications and lower costs when used with RANDSIGHT-type closed circuit television to enable the partially sighted to read and write. This paper presents a detailed discussion…

This study analyzes the quantities of specific types of informative materials in reading anthologies from Grades 4 through 12, and suggests a means for coordinating materials needed for coordinating materials needed for communicating written information accurately. Studies of curriculum materials in reading and content analysis of previous studies…

This study does not provide evidence that the handwriting of students has a legibility quality which is adequate, but only that there has been little or no deterioration in a period of 47 years. With improvement in teaching methods there should have been considerable growth in legibility. The importance of improvement of the teaching of…

The question of whether a significant amount of time could be saved if freshman composition were taught with a programed text was studied. Two sections of English I were randomly selected from the regular class schedule. Class A was taught using the usual syllabus and texts. Class B was taught using the same syllabus and texts with one exception.…

We need a different view of teaching writing--a principle that allows us to formulate sequential learning environments with specific objectives--what the author chooses to call the Principle of Redundancy. This principle provides the student with meaningful choices about how he will learn. It states, "In any language course, parallel back-up…

The major purpose of this study was to determine, from an analysis of the misspellings, some of the difficulties experienced by children in spelling 4140 common words. Five elementary schools in three states were selected for the study. One classroom unit for every grade level from 3 to 6 from each school were chosen for the study. Misspellings of…

This guide to news writing concentrates on each stage of the writing process and discusses what to do in each part of the process. The process is broadly broken down into these stages: prewriting (thinking, planning, and collecting data); writing (rethinking, checking, putting the words on paper); rewriting and editing (polishing the words on…

THE PRINCIPLES OF STRUCTURAL LINGUISTICS, THE DEVELOPMENT OF JAPANESE ORTHOGRAPHY, AND THE PSYCHOLOGY OF LEARNING ARE USED AS A BASIS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A LINGUISTICALLY ORIENTED COURSE IN JAPANESE READING. THE FIRST PART OF THE TEXT IS DEVOTED TO THE RELATION BETWEEN READING AND LINGUISTICS. THE SECOND PART GIVES BACKGROUND MATERIAL ON JAPANESE…

There is little or no argument these days that Black English Vernacular (BEV) is a reality and that it is stigmatized. There is still a need, however, in spite of many studies of spoken varieties of BEV, for teachers to know what governs its occurrence in writing. This study concentrates on the written manifestation of BEV, on explaining which…

Offers guidelines for writing film reviews, and briefly discusses aspects of film criticism and advertising. (GW)

Writing classes should provide students with an opportunity to consciously define and explore their values. (DD)

Students need desks of their own in their homes in order to have a focus, an organizing principle for their writing. (DD)

Performance results show that novice dictators can learn in a few hours to dictate with the speed and quality with which they write. Dictators with years of experience are from 0 to 25 percent faster than novices. (Author/MP)