Journals

NCTE offers several journals and periodicals that cover all grade levels and practically every area of interest in English and language arts. And, as a journal subscriber, you get twice the support for your money! You'll not only receive your journals in the mail, you'll also be able to search the latest issues online by topic through your new "My NCTE Page." In just 5 minutes, you'll have a fresh idea to use in your next class!

Language Arts is a professional journal for elementary and middle school teachers and teacher educators. LA provides a forum for discussions on all aspects of language arts learning and teaching, primarily as they relate to children in pre-kindergarten through the eighth grade. Articles discuss both theory and classroom practice, highlight current research, and review children's and young adolescent literature, as well as classroom and professional resources of interest to language arts educators. The journal has also increased its focus on students for whom English is an additional language.

Published bimonthly, September, November, January, March, May, and July. $25/yr.

School Talk is a lively six-page newsletter designed specifically to help classroom teachers bridge the gap between the ideal and the real world of teaching. Presented in a friendly, informal voice, each issue focuses on one particular topic and deals in practical terms with questions that teachers everywhere are asking. Since teachers choose the topics explored in each issue of School Talk, the conversation in upcoming newsletters will continue to focus on what really matters to teachers and learners in today's elementary classrooms.

Published October, January, April, and July. $15/yr.

Voices from the Middle devotes each issue to one topic or concept related to literacy and learning at the middle school level. Each issue includes teachers' descriptions of authentic classroom practices, middle school students' reviews of adolescent literature, a technology column, and reviews of professional resources for teachers. Voices from the Middle also explores the connections between the theory and practice of each issue's topic.

Published September, December, March, and May. $20/yr.

English Journal is a journal of ideas for English language arts teachers in junior and senior high schools and middle schools. EJ presents information on the teaching of writing and reading, literature, and language. Each issue examines the relationship of theory and research to classroom practice and reviews current materials of interest to English teachers, including books and electronic media.

Published bimonthly, September, November, January, March, May, and July. $25/yr.

Research in the Teaching of English (RTE) is a multidisciplinary journal composed of original research and scholarly essays on the relationships between language teaching and learning at all levels, preschool through adult. Articles reflect a variety of methodologies and address issues of pedagogical relevance related to the content, context, process, and evaluation of language learning.

College Composition and Communication (CCC) is the journal of CCCC, the Conference on College Composition and Communication. CCC publishes research and scholarship in composition studies that support those who teach writing at the college level. The field of composition studies draws on research and theories from a broad range of humanistic disciplines while supporting a number of subfields of its own, such as technical communication, computers and composition, history of composition, writing center work, assessment, and others. Articles for CCC may stem from any of these fields, and are relevant to the work of college writing teachers and responsive to recent work in composition studies.

Published September, December, February, and June. $25/yr. Includes membership in CCCC.

English Education is published by CEE, the Conference on English Education, and serves as a forum for discussion of issues related to (1) the nature of our discipline, especially as it spans all levels of instruction, and (2) the education and development of teachers of English at all levels.

Published October, January, April, and July. $15/yr. Includes membership in CEE.

English Leadership Quarterly is a publication of CEL, the Conference on English Leadership, and helps department chairs, K-12 supervisors, and other leaders in their role of improving the quality of English instruction. ELQ offers short articles on a variety of issues important to decision makers in the English language arts.

Published August, October, February, and April. $25/yr. Includes membership in CEL.

Talking Points is published by WLU, the Whole Language Umbrella, a conference of NCTE. Talking Points helps promote literacy research and the use of whole language instruction in classrooms. It provides a forum for parents, classroom teachers, and researchers to reflect about literacy and learning.

Published semiannually, October and May. $30/yr. Includes membership in WLU.