Articles and contributions

(with K Owen) Relevance of linguistics to the O Level examination. Memorandum to Welsh Joint Education Council, 1964

(ed, with D. Wilkins & J. Kay), Proceedings, Council of Europe Round Table Conference on Modern Approaches to Language Teaching at University Level (Strasbourg: Council of Europe, 1967)

The educational use of linguistics. In Language Study Courses in Colleges of Education (London: DES, 1973), The Coloma College Conference, 1-9. Part reprinted for Child language, learning and linguistics

Linguistic critique of the Bullock Report, Reading, June 1975. Reprinted in Directions in Applied Linguistics. [See book]

Neglected linguistic principles in the study of reading. In D. Moyle (ed), Reading: what of the future? (London: Ward Lock Educational, 1975), Proceedings of the 11th Annual Conference of UKRA, 26-34. Revised for Directions in Applied Linguistics

Reading, grammar and the line. In D. Thackray (ed), Growth in reading (London: Ward Lock Educational, 1979), 26-38

Language in education: a linguistic perspective. In A. Cashdan (ed), Language, reading and learning (Oxford: Blackwell), 13-28. Reprinted for Open University Course PE 232 Block 5, 1979. Reprinted in Directions in applied linguistics

Literacy 2000. English Today 8, 1986, 9-13

The structure of language. In R. Beard (ed), Teaching literacy: balancing perspectives (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1993), 15-21. Revised reprint of Ch. 1 of Child language, learning and linguistics

From babble to Scrabble: integrating language creativity and linguistic intervention. Australian Reading Association Conference Papers, 1995, 45-65

Reflecting linguistic change. The Teacher Trainer 10 (1), 1996, 15-16

Past imperfect. Present tense. Future perfect? Language play and the culture of literacy. UKRA Annual Conference, July 1996

Climbing the language mountain. In The Early Years: Embracing the Challenges, Proceedings of the Early Years of Schooling Conference, July 1997, Melbourne, 33-41

Sense: the final frontier. In Language, Learning, and Culture: Unsettling Certainties, Proceedings of the First Joint National Conference of the Australian Association for the Teaching of English, the Australian Literacy Educators' Association, and the Australian School Library Association, Darwin, July 1997, 51-69. Adapted for CLTT, 1998. Revised as 'Taking care of the sense', in LDOCE4 context, for IATEFL 2003

Literacy in the next milenn ... milleni ... in the next century. Literacy for All (National Literacy Association), 2, 1997; reprinted in LACMF (Literacy Across the Curriculum: Media Focus, Centre for Literacy, Montreal), 13 (3), 1998, 18-19

'From out in left field? That's not cricket.' Finding a focus for the language curriculum. In R.S. Wheeler (ed), Working with Language (Westport, CT: Praeger), 91-105

Linguistics and English language. Which Course? 28 (4), 1999, 16-17, 21 (Dominion Press)

Taking care of the sense. IATEFL 2003 (for the launch of the 4th edition of The Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English)

Taking account of the linguistic revolution. In David Head, Elspeth Jones, Michael Kelly and Teresa Tinsley (eds), Setting the agenda for languages in higher education (London: CILT, 2003), 9-23

A 21st century grammar bridge. [original title: Teaching grammar: turning words into deeds.] The Secondary English Magazine, 7(5), 2004, 24-6.

Shakespeare and ELT. In Alan Pulverness (ed), IATEFL 2003 (Canterbury: IATEFL), 146-60

In word and deed. [original title: Making grammar over.] TES Teacher, 30 April 2004

The calm before the storm before the calm. The English Teacher's Yearbook, 2004-5, 14-16

Only Connect: Living in Linguistic Fragments No Longer Keynote speech to CLESOL conference on 'Origins and connections: linking theory, research, and practice'. Napier, New Zealand, 30 September

 

Reviews

R. Carter (ed), Linguistics and the teacher, British Journal of Educational Studies 31 (3), 1983, 279-82

J. Honey, The language trap, BAAL Newsletter 18, 1983; reprinted in English in Education (NATE), Spring 1984, 18(1), 54-65.

J. Reid & M. Donaldson, R& D, Child Language Teaching and Therapy 1 (2), 1985, 244-5

C. Culshaw & D. Walters, Headwork, Child Language Teaching and Therapy 2 (1), 1985, 115-16

S. Burridge, Start with words and pictures, Child Language Teaching and Therapy 3(3), 1987, 363-4

J. Reid & M. Donaldson, R&D, Child Language Teaching and Therapy 3(3), 1987, 367-8

C. Walker, Wordskill, Child Language Teaching and Therapy 3(3), 1987, 368

A. Sealey, Learning about language, Child Language Teaching and Therapy 12 (3), 1996, 374

J.S. Romine & H. Ehrlich, Quick vocabulary power, Child Language Teaching and Therapy 12 (3), 1996, 375

R. Carter, Keywords in language and literacy, Child Language Teaching and Therapy 12 (3), 1996, 375-6

C. Brumfit, Language education in the National Curriculum, Child Language Teaching and Therapy 12 (3), 1996, 376-7

See also: Child language; Teaching and reading materials