The English Language Arts in the Secondary School is the
result of several years of curriculum study by the National
Council of Teachers of English Curriculum Commission and
the members of the Production Committee. This volume ap-
plies at the secondary level the principles of curriculum
development established by research findings and by the
tested experience of the Commission, the Committee, and
teachers throughout the country.

Scope of the Volume. Part I--The Adolescent and the
World Today--expresses the Commission's conviction that
any curriculum in the language arts must be based upon an
understanding of the adolescent and the world in which he
lives. It sets the stage for what follows.

Part II--The Language Arts Program--offers specific guid-
ance in curriculum development with profuse illustrations
from individual schools and classrooms and from city and
state programs now in operation. Assistance is given in de-
signing the program as a whole and in building instructional
units involving all four of the language arts and teaching
skills in use. Separate chapters present in detail helps for
meeting youth's needs through literature and developing
competence in reading, speaking, listening, and writing. An-
other on the teaching of grammar, usage, and spelling at-
tempts to bring order out of the many viewpoints expressed
in these fields today and to give the teacher concrete help
for classroom practice. In addition to the treatment of each
of the language arts in turn, relationships among them are
clearly indicated throughout the chapters.

"Making Communication Arts and Skills Reinforce Each
Other" assembles experiences in the use of symbols in read-

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