Describes a four and a half week elective unit, jointly organized by reading and English teachers, which is designed to allow maximum free reading and extensive skill development through utilization of a wide range of materials. (MS)

This study of various methods of teaching English as a foreign language concludes that an intensive method in which university students study passages in detail yields the best results. (AEA)

Describes and evaluates the Integrated Assessment System, an extensive and flexible language arts assessment system designed to help teachers assess reading and writing skills using genuine, process-oriented, holistic reading and writing tasks. (SR)

Proposes a new and extensive study technique which can serve as a tool for reading and studying. (RB)

Describes more than 40 sources for locating information of interest to reading teachers and other specialists. Contains an extensive bibliography. (FL)

Suggests that the use of newspapers in the remedial reading classroom will emphasize the transfer of the process of main idea from known levels to more extensive contexts by offering realistic application on multiple levels--pictures, words, sentences, and paragraphs. (SRT)

Discusses the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement's reading literacy study in Finland. Shows that, although language-minority students are often expected to have lower achievement in school, students from Swedish-speaking homes in Finland scored almost as well as their Finnish-speaking counterparts on extensive…