A PROGRAM IN BEGINNING READING AND LISTENING SKILLS, INCLUDING COMPREHENSION OF WRITTEN AND SPOKEN LANGUAGE, IS DESCRIBED. THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO ACCOMPLISH CLEARLY DEFINED INSTRUCTIONAL GOALS AND IS CONSTANTLY EVALUATED AND REVISED IN LIGHT OF ACTUAL CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE. INDIVIDUALS FROM REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES, UNIVERSITIES, AND INDUSTRY COLLABORATE IN THE PREPARATION OF MATERIALS. TEACHERS ARE INVOLVED IN ALL ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE PROJECT. PROGRAM TIME IS DIVIDED BETWEEN THE ACQUISITION OF AUDITORY AND SIGHT RECOGNITION SKILLS AND COMPREHENSION. A VOCABULARY OF 90 REGULARLY SPELLED WORDS CHOSEN BY LINGUISTS ON THE BASIS OF COMPONENT SOUNDS IS USED FOR THE INDUCTION OF CONCEPTS UNDERLYING PHONICS AND SPELLING AND FOR VOCABULARY EXPANSION WITH NEW WORDS OF SIMILAR COMPONENT SOUNDS. THE PROJECT IS AN ON-GOING EXPERIMENT. THIS DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE FROM THE SOUTHWEST REGIONAL LABORATORY FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, 11300 LA CIENEGA BOULEVARD, INGELWOOD, CALIFORNIA 90304. (MC)