Describes an interdisciplinary approach to English instruction at an English language school in Moscow. (DD)

English teachers, especially those in large consolidated schools, must avoid the tendency to consider students as numbers rather than people. (DD)

A ninth grade English curriculum combined group work, the inquiry method, problem solving, and creative dramatics to prepare students to meet a changing future. (DD)

Describes a twelfth grade English course designed to meet the needs of students entering the community after high school. (DD)

Suggests that a series of short interest inventories spread over a period of time is helpful both to teacher and to students. (DD)

Career education should be an integral part of the English curriculum, but vocational training should not. (DD)

Describes how to teach a 6-unit English course in career investigation and planning. (DD)

Examines several factors which contribute to the decline in student literacy. (DD)

Interviews with University of Washington students majoring in 24 areas revealed tremendous variety within and across disciplines in the amount of writing they were asked to do for their courses. (DD)

Describes a questionnaire survey of freshman composition teachers at the University of Texas designed to determine which weaknesses they perceive as most serious. (DD)

Suggests ways students' nonverbal cues may be used in teaching. (DD)

Ruby Lee Norris describes a successful creative writing program called Invisible Stories which used slides, music, and stories to stimulate student writing. (DD)

Describes several techniques and courses which might benefit non-academic high school students, concentrating on courses with a career education focus. (DD)

Discusses six crises of verbal language which are imminent due to our reliance on the mass media and our separation from the phenomenal world. (DD)

Describes the role of the mass media in fostering the back-to-basics movement and encourages teachers to become leaders in a return to relevant, student-centered English instruction. (DD)