Reading is a process in which interactions between the surface and deep structures of the language bring about understanding.

Grammar should be taught for its own sake, not as a means to improving student writing because, in fact, it doesn't.

To determine student readiness in any academic subject, teachers must determine individual levels of cognitive competencies children possess.

No language acquisition theory has yet proved to be the correct one.

Individual short stories are to encourage role playing are presented.

The needs, values and interests of the adolescent should be understood and taken into account when a middle school reading program is being planned.

The Nancy Drew books are entertaining for the adolescent, but do not provide them the opportunity to gain insights into the way in which human beings experience life and, in the process, grow.