Papers collected in this booklet discuss various aspects of language development in the classroom and in the area of remedial reading. Titles include "Project II: Strategies and Milestones" by Martin Kling, which describes the outcomes of an investigation of research in language development and reading; "Language, Linguistics, and Learning to Read" by Harry Singer; "What Interests Psycholinguistic Researchers" by Patrick J. Finn; "Language Learning and the Teaching Process" and "On Teaching Composition: Some Hypotheses as Definitions" by Janet Ann Emig; "Children's Language and Experience: A Place to Begin" and "Reading: A Psycholinguistic Guessing Game" by Kenneth S. Goodman; "Language Assessment Techniques" by Margaret O. Knapp; "Diagnostic Teaching: A Method for Assessing Reading Skills" by James E. Swalm; "Standardized Reading Tests--How Useable Are They?" by Joseph Zelnick; and "Roles, Responsibilities, and Qualifications of Reading Specialists" by the Professional Standards and Ethics Committee of the International Reading Association. (KS)