English Journal is the official publication of the Secondary Education section of the American National Council of Teachers of English

National Council of Teachers of English

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. The peer-reviewed

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 journal has been published since 1912, and features columns and articles on all aspects of the teaching of English language arts at middle schools and junior and senior high schools.

In 1939, the journal College English

College English

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was spun off from The English Journal to address the needs of teaching English language arts at the college level.

Currently (2009), the journal's editor is Ken Lindblom of Stony Brook University. Its content is accessible electronically via ERIC

Education Resources Information Center

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, ProQuest

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, and JSTOR

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, and is indexed by the MLA

Modern Language Association

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.

Regular features include articles on pedagogy

Pedagogy

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, literature

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, ELL

ELL

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 issues, and education

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al technology

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. The journal also accepts poetry submissions.