English Journal, Vol. 68, No. 8, November 1979

Table of Contents

• Editor's Page

• Taking Action: Parents and Students-I- Allies for the Embattled Teacher

  Yetta Goodman

• Viewpoint: How Did You Know I Was Reading?

  Karol Strelecki

• The Profession in Perspective: All for the Love of Reading

  Dorothy Moulton

• Whither Urban English?

  Susan Ohanian

• On Becoming an Urban English Teacher

  Leila Christenbury

• The Positives of the Ghetto

  Celia N. Palmer

• Teaching Reading and Writing to Limited and Non-English Speakers in Secondary Schools

  Stanley Levenson

• Teaching Composition in an Urban High School

  Gary A. Finch, Dale F. Hagan, and Marcia J. Roth

• Dialect Variation and Writing: One Problem at a Time

  James Collins

• English in the Big Apple: Historical Backgrounds of New York City Speech

  Ann L. Sen

• Teaching Materials: Potpourri

  Carol Kuykendall

• ERIC/ RCS Report: What If They Don't Speak Standard English?

  Thomas Jolly

• Books for Young Adults: Stepping Back for a Better Look

  Karen C. Beyard-Tyler (Alleen Pace Nilsen, Editor)

• Television and the English Teacher

  David England

• NCTE to You

• EJ Workshop

• JH/MS Idea Factory

• Once Over

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