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1949 EDITION 420-428.3 400 PHILOLOGY 420 English language BASIC ENGLISH. MOT 1945 66min sd $390 420 el-Jh-sh-c-ad Available in 6R at $65 each Based on about three hundred of the words in Dr Richard's "Pocket Book of Basic English" Sug-gested for teaching English to foreigners or for helping pupils with speech difficulties 421 Punctuation. Spelling PUNCTUATION— MARK YOUR MEANING. Coronet 1948 lOmin sd $45; also color $90 421 el-Jh-sh Guide Collaborator: Dr Viola Theman, associate professor of education, Northwestern UniversityEmphasizes the importance or proper punctuation and its basic rules. Tom and Beth, showing scenes of their puppet show, find that without punctuation meanings become altered and that their puppet story cannot be understood "This presentation is excellent for the motivation of the study of punctuation. This interest is found lacking in most of our pupils who do not see the practical application of the rules of grammar. . . Can well be used several times in different grades as the pupils progress in their study." Catholic school journal SPELLING IS EASY. Coronet 1946 lOmin sd $45; also color $90 421 el-Jh-sh Guide Collaborator: Dr Viola Theman, associate professor of education, Northwestern University Designed as a motivational film for intermediate grades, it presents the five rules for learning to spell, building the action around the story of a boy who is writing a report of the fifth grade science experiment for the school paper "Technique poor — distracting." Collaborator WHY PUNCTUATE. YoungAmerica 1948 llmln sd $40 421 el-Jh-sh Guide Collaborator: Hardy Finch of the Greenwich, Connecticut High School Orientation film designed to motivate and introduce (or review) the study of punctuation. Also summarizes the basic rules for use of the most important punctuation marks 423 English dictionaries WE DISCOVER THE DICTIONARY. Coronet 1946 lOmin sd $45; also color $90 423 el-Jh-sh-ad Guide Collaborator: Dr Viola Theman, associate professor of education. Northwestern University Important points regarding dictionary usage are developed in an interesting and natural way by means of simple story concerning three students who are assigned the task of writing a letter to a police sergeant thanking him for a,ssisting the class in their safety week program. By the time the letter is finished, they learn a great deal about dictionaries, including use of the guide words, finding the spelling of words, definitions, reading diacritical marks, and that there are many kinds of dictionaries 425 English gramnnar SUBJECT, VERB, OBJECT. 13min si color $65 Mitchell 1941 425 el-Jh-sh A color film which emphasizes "big primary grammatical relations" in the sentence and "thought blocks" recommended In a National council of teachers of English monograph. Color symbols are used to emphasize meaning. Grade placement based on reading and vocabulary difficulty is grade 4, which allows a mai'gin of comprehension for diflScult concepts, since the film Is planned for use in grade 6 or higher and for review and remedial purposes "Only film of its type in the field of English grrammar and hence fills a definite need. Good color. Unusual presentation. Good colorful illustrations." California 427 Americanisnns AMERICAN SPOKEN HERE. TFC lOmin sd (Passing parade) apply 427 Jh-sh-ad Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer "A dramatized history of several slang expressions, showing their origin and how they came to be included in the American Idiom. "Recommended for classes in English which discuss diction, or which are concerned with etymology, or the history of language." A.dvisory committee "I found this movie quite suitable for my eighth grade English classes and enthusiastically received by them." Collaborator 428.3 Use of words BUILD YOUR VOCABULARY. Coronet 1948 lOmin sd $45; also color $90 428.3 el-Jh-sh-c-ad Guide Collaborator: John J. DeBoer, professor>of education. University of Illinois A dramatic story which portrays a vocabulary failure and shows how It is turned Into a success. Mr Thompson, who finds himself at a loss for words at a civic association meeting, takes a cue from his son Roger, and embarks upon a systematic campaign of vocabulary improvement DO WORDS EVER FOOL YOU? Coronet 1948 lOmin sd $45; also color $90 428.3 el-Jh-sh-ad Guide Collaborator: Dr Viola Theman, associate professor of education. Northwestern University Dramatizes the danger of word confusion In conversation, In newspapers, over the radio, etc. WHO MAKES WORDS? Coronet 1948 lOmin sd $45; also color $90 428.3 el-Jh-sh Guide Collaborator: Dr Viola Theman, associate professor of education. Northwestern University Tries to convince students that knowledge of word derivation Is a vital language tool, not a mere academic exercise. The class needs a new word to describe the pastel-colored "blackboard" which has just arrived. In their quest for this new word they are led to an investigation of the source of other words and discover that some words are "borrowed" from other languages, some are simply "invented" and still others come about thru changes In spelling or meaning 369