The Uses of Language

by Damon Postman

The second of six books in The New English series. The series is based on these The proper study of English involves more than learning a collection of isolated language skills - it involves communication itself; the main purpose of the English course is to make the student a more sensitive observer of language than he was before; Students do not become good observers through precept and advice. What the student finds oft for himself will improve his future competence; the investigative procedures developed by linguists, not just the new facts turned up by them, constitute the most important contribution of linguistics to Endlish education; discovery porcudures should not be confined to the structure of language alone but should apply to all aspects of communication; language experiments work best when the materials they deal with are highly relevant to the real world of the student.

Hardcover

Published January 1, 1967