A computer based language workshop

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Abstract
The teaching of English language in British Schools has been invigorated in recent years by the introduction of schemes such as 'Language in Use' (Doughty, Pearce and Thornton, 1971) where children are encouraged to widen the scope of their English composition and expression by exploring and playing with language; they might, for example, invent nonsense words and their definitions, write advertising copy or study the etymology of common words. Such activities are vital if a child is to develop a conscious control of language. As Donaldson (1978) points out, a child:"is not much given to thinking about his thinking or his language. Yet if he is to bring thinking and language under deliberate control he has to become more aware of them."

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