Focusing on grades 4-12, this book supplies content area teachers with the information they need to function as reading and writing teachers within their subject/academic discipline. Chapters in the book usually begin with a summary or overview, showing the major concerns and unique features of language use in that area. Some of the chapters in the book have extensive bibliographies of research and/or teaching techniques germane to the subject. The 11 chapters in the book are: (1) "Reading in English" (Linda H. Merchant and Carol T. Fishel); (2) "Reading in Foreign Language Study" (Michele M. Tellep and John E. Carlson); (3) "Reading in Math" (Linda A. Hoover and James F. Nolan); (4) "Reading in the Arts" (Darla K. Wilshire and Bernard J. Badiali); (5) "Reading in Health Education" (Gail Alberini-Emmett and Maria Plischke); (6) "Reading in Physical Education" (Elizabeth A. Martin and others); (7) "Reading in Science" (Brian E. Maguire and Sarah D. Weidler); (8) "Reading in Social Studies" (Darla K. Wilshire and Philip Berryhill); (9) "Reading in Business Education" (Linda H. Merchant); (10) "Reading in Home Economics" (Michele L. Irvin); and (11) "Reading in Vocational Education" (Sonja Brobeck). (RS)