This book describes drama as a medium for effective English teaching. The author discusses his experiences while attempting to carry on a teaching approach, centered in dramatic activity, which had been developing in the Perse School, in Cambridge, England, for nearly fifty years. Having learned English at the same school and in the same…

Remarks are made on the matter of who should be held accountable for students learning to read and write. It is stated that ways are needed to restructure schools so that teachers may reasonably be held responsible for seeing that all clinically normal students are able to read and write with at least minimal competence. It is believed that this…

A sample of 130 university freshmen enrolled in five sections of Composition Rhetoric were subjects in a study of the effect of stimulus on writing complexity. The stimulus, an eight-minute black and white film, was followed by varied instructional experiences in the form of a two-day delay, a review, and a second exposure. The data were treated…

In this index, which can be used as a guide to professional reading as well as a research tool, 1100 articles that originally appeared in the "English Journal" from 1964 to 1970 are annotated and indexed. Only those items that could be considered "articles" were included, excluding such items as letters to the editors, book reviews, etc. The table…

The primary goal of the program described in this paper was to develop activities to provide fifth graders with an opportunity to meet people in fields of work which are generally considered to be outside the child's everyday realm of experience. The career education unit visits by a folksinger, a weaver-dyer, a nurse, and an advertising manager…

This progress report describes a Swedish project which is seeking to develop and test materials for writing practice. Experimental materials focus on the sentence, giving students practice in the formation of more advanced constructions. Emphasis in the control program is on a variety of types of written composition (e.g., narratives,…

Twenty-six lesson plans are presented for creative language activities leading to writing and art work. Each lesson includes a statement of teaching goals, resulting pupil experiences, materials needed, suggested stories, procedures, and extended follow-up activities. (AA)

This book describes a program designed to help children think about the writing process in order to express their ideas better in writing: to stimulate children's thought and to introduce them to forms of literature they might not ordinarily read, the teacher should read aloud to both primary and secondary level students at least 20 minutes every…

The teaching of grammar has been in sad decline since medieval times, when it included the whole skill of creating in language. Our textbook community has moved through a series of ineffective fashions, from those of Fries to post-Chomsky. All have presumed to replace prescriptive rules with realistic explanations. But all have fallen, like the…

The Communication I course described in this paper effectively incorporates peer Teaching Assistants selected from within the community college environment. The course consists of: (1) a Writing Skills Lab covering twelve areas of basic skills, staffed by an instructor and five peer Teaching Assistants; and (2) a Writing Skills Workshop in which…

Describes recent changes at Michigan Technological University from a heavily literature oriented freshman program to one that develops writing skills, especially technical and business English skills. (RB)

Shifting emphasis from the finished paper to the process of composition can result in better, more honest student writing.

Research studies in the areas of children's writing and reading interests are reported.

Teachers should encourage children to write in order to help them understand their feelings of anger, hurt, guilt, and so on.