A growing body of research indicates that formal discovery, or heuristic, procedures can enhance the composing process of sophisticated university students. Other studies suggest that below-average and average students can benefit from a similar approach. Specifically, the introduction of a model based on tagmemic heuristic theory in an adult…

Advantage should be taken of the increased interest in teaching Old English literature, in translation, at the college and high school levels. The study of "Beowulf" and other Old English literature has proved to be a stimulating experience for students at the United States Air Force Academy and at Georgia College. At the academy, the…

Many of the problems that confront students in creative writing courses are similar to those experienced by students of other types of composition. This discussion delineates three problems that seem to be at the core of the difficulties for both groups of students: preconceived notions of what an essay, poem, or short story should be; inability…

This paper stresses the need for composition teachers to develop not only student writing skills but also the discourse theory by which those skills are taught. Several assumptions of current discourse theory are discussed, and with each assumption the author proposes research questions and procedures by which teachers themselves can evaluate the…

This paper discusses the significance of a rhetorical approach to composition instruction, an approach that shifts emphasis from the finished product to the process. Using the rhetorical approach, composition teachers do not prescribe which forms of discourse are the "correct" ones, always to be used, but show their students how to develop…

This paper discusses informal, semiformal, and formal speaking and writing, three language levels that differ from one another in organization, preparation, intent, tone, and audience. By demonstrating the essential unity of writing, speaking, reading, and listening, speech communication teachers can develop students' abilities in all the language…

Discusses new focus and format of the Personnel and Guidance Journal and relate this new focus to changes needed in counseling research. (EJT)

Outlines basic goals, techniques, and materials for a college level course in Russian language stylistics. The use of literature readings, composition writing, stylistics levels of both spoken and written language, and synonym equivalence are discussed. (Text is in Russian.) (DH)

Makes specific assertions about the nature of the writing problems facing minority students, and offers some techniques which have been found useful for dealing with these problems. (Author/KE)

Describes a new writing course in which the professor teaches only one class a week as a lecture to the entire first year class, and the class emphasis is on practice. (Author/KE)

Reviews John Wideman's three novels--'A Glance Away; 'Hurry Home', and 'The Lynchers' noting that although there are distinctly realistic elements in them the preponderant formal qualities are lyrical, surrealistic and expressionistic--including experimentation with journals and letters. (Author/JM)