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Volume 2 of the dialogue journal newsletter contains contributions from the editors and teachers concerning the use of dialogue journals as a means of sustained written interaction between students and teachers at all educational levels and in second language and other types of instruction. The information presented includes techniques, ideas, opinions, results, examples, information sources, and other resources for dialogue journal use in education. Issue 4 of this volume focuses on the use of the technique in special education for educationally mentally retarded and learning disabled students. (MSE)

Volume 1 of the dialogue journal newsletter contains contributions from the editors and teachers concerning the use of dialogue journals as a means of sustained written interaction between students and teachers at all educational levels and in second language and other types of instruction. The information presented includes techniques, ideas, opinions, results, examples, information sources, and other resources for dialogue journal use in education. (MSE)

These four issues of a bulletin on the use of dialogue journals in foreign language teaching include these articles: "Dialogue Journals and Reading Comprehension"; "Secret Messages: Dialogue Journals as a Reading Event"; "The Teacher's Writing as Text"; "Using Dialogue Journals in Reading Classes"; "Effective Teacher Change: A Focus on the Individual"; "ESL Teachers as Language Advocates for Children"; "'Sheltered English' Applied to Writing"; "Writing and Reflecting on Writing"; "Making Language Connections: Writing in ESL Pull-Out Classes"; "Using Dialogue Journals to Develop a Discourse-Based Performance Measure"; a review of "Teacher Strategies: Linguistic Devices for Sustaining Interaction" (a dissertation); "'How Is Your Weekend and What Did You Do': Second Language Learners' Understanding of Audience"; "The Dialogue Journal and Migrant Education"; "Features of Semi-Literate Writing: One Student's Development"; "Using Dialogue Journals for a More Meaningful Cultural Orientation Class"; "Moving Students from Frozen to More Creative Language Use"; "Yes, Teacher, There Is Hope!"; "A Principal's View of Dialogue Journals"; "The Safety Valve"; "Dialogue in Marketing Education"; "Time--The Greatest Gift"; "Research on Teacher Strategies: Exploring the Effects of Glib Responses to Journal Entries"; "Mapping Conversational Roles"; and "Interactive Writing with Computers: One Solution to the Time Problem." Recent publications and notes from the field are also included. (MSE)