A survey of current research in the teaching of English, describing several experimental programs in secondary school level composition and literature appreciation, and a study in children's literature instruction. (JB)

News notes on current developments in English Teaching and curriculum, and items of interest relating to English teaching. (JB)

A review of teaching materials, including filmstrips on writing skills, on Hawthorne, Melville, and Poe; and a review of paperback series on Black literature and contemporary literature--all geared primarily to grades seven through twelve. (JB)

Discusses the growth, development, and problems encountered in an English Department pilot project set up to teach three eight-week humanities units, without the aid of outside resource people, or music and art teachers. (RB)

Suggests ways in which the English teacher, with little or no media background, can use media creatively in the typical classroom with no additional budget and borrowed equipment. (RB)

Discusses the use of euphemisms, self-aggrandizing expressions, semi-pseudo-technical jargon, idioms, etc., in everyday usage of English. (RB)

Examines the reasons for and the value of, teaching grammar through drill. Suggests other methods for teaching effective oral and written communication. (RB)

A method for stimulating thought processes and broadening the imaginative scope. (RB)

Report offers several working definitions of the process of critical thinking, then describes several ERIC documents dealing with ways of teaching critical thinking in general on the secondary level, and finally points to some aspects of learning about literature and language that involve critical thinking skills. (Author)

Reviews of articles selected from various other publications that may be of interest to readers of the English Journal": strategy for keeping a job in today's schools; how and where to publish an article; methods for creative teaching; teaching non achievers; etc. (RB)

Article is based on a speech given at the NCTE Convention in Atlanta, Georgia, November 1970. Describes Methods, experience, and results of a pilot project in African literature at a senior high school in Kansas City, Missouri (Editor/RB)

Methods used by the National Assessment of Educational Progress project for regularly collecting census-like information in ten subject areas on the knowledges, skills, understandings, and attitudes of nine-, thirteen-, seventeen-year olds, and young adults. Article deals with the areas of reading, literature, and writing. (RB) Aspect of National…

Explores the methodology and objectives of the National Assessment of Education project and draws implications from their findings in relation to writing skills. (RB)

The author suggests that the time a teacher spends in a classroom is an observable way of knowing how the ideals of the discipline are being implemented. The article attempts to develop an alternative position to the one characterized by four traditions: lecture; traditional literature study; correctness; and one path for all English programs.…

Discusses reasons for including black literature in the regular high school curriculum. Paper presented at the annual NCTE Convention, Atlanta, Georgia, November 1970. (Editor/RB)