The Status of English Teaching Today. . . . . . . .31 THE NEED FOR MORE TEACHERS OF ENGLISH THE NEED FOR BETTER TEACHERS OF ENG- A Standard of Preparation to Teach English State Certification Regulations for Teaching The Preparation of the Elementary Teacher in The English Language Preparation of Secondary The Preparation in Literature of Secondary THE NEED FOR BETTER TEACHING CON- The Conditions under Which English Is Taught The Inadequacy of School Library and Book The Cost of Remedial Instruction at the College High Schools That Produce Superior English What Has to Be Done about the National 69660 0-61--39 Projects to Assist in Focusing the Teaching of English upon the Study of Language, Literature, and Composition • Projects to Assist in Educating Teachers to the Developmental and Sequential Nature of English Studies and to Encourage Articulation throughout the School Years • Projects to Improve Present Preparatory Programs for Teachers of English • Projects to Improve the Preparation of Practicing Teachers • Provisions to Obtain Services and Supplies for Teachers of English • Projects to Assist in Encouraging Research and Scholarship • Projects to Assist in Recruiting More Teachers of English 1 599 I What Has to Be Done about the If the teaching of English is to be improved throughout the country, old and immediate action must be undertaken on a national scale. This eport on the status of English teaching indicates that assistance is rgently needed to achieve seven important goals: To focus instruction in English upon the study of language, literature, and composition To educate teachers of English to the developmental and sequential nature of the study and to institute a national program for encouraging articulation of English studies throughout the school years To improve present preparatory programs for teachers of English All of these items hinge upon each other. Encouragement of them will alone make for a dynamic profession and ultimately bring about the results of excellence which the national interest requires. Most of them involve too much expenditure to be borne by a single foundation or a single professional group. To undertake many of them on an independent basis locally is to waste money and energy and to avoid the participation of the best minds and methods nationally. The basic problems of improving the preparation of teachers and of articulating the study at all levels of education are so important and so large that they can be undertaken only by a nationally supported program. Some projects to help achieve these purposes are recommended for attention: 3 |