Discusses six ERIC documents reporting computer applications in reading and language arts. (FL)

A special subgroup of Limited English Speaking students is often referred to as students with limited formal schooling (LFS) or "preliterates" because they have not yet had the opportunity to learn to read. This digest explores important aspects of the LFS student population, defining LFS students and discussing their impact on schools,…

Describes ERIC documents pertaining to the role of parents in preparing their children to read and the ways in which they can help shape and strengthen a school's reading program. (FL)

Reviews materials from the ERIC database describing the variety of functions a high school reading lab can perform and suggesting ways to evaluate student improvement in the reading lab situation. (MKM)

Reviews ERIC documents concerned with the use of comic books in the classroom. (FL)

Discusses how teachers can provide classroom experiences that lead young readers to react critically to what they read. Suggests ways to focus attention and target evaluative responses to literature. (MM)

Discusses how reading aloud to students improves their reading competencies, including language processes, reading and listening skills, and reading motivation. Concludes that reading aloud should be a regular part of a daily classroom schedule. (MM)

Provides an annotated bibliography of seven recent reports and conference papers concerned with the role of literature-based learning and instruction in reading and writing. (MG)

Presents annotations of 15 documents in the ERIC database concerning reports on research findings that highlight practices and procedures that "work" in reading and literacy education. (RS)

Presents annotations of eight journal articles (published in 1995 or 1996) on making the reading-writing connection in the classroom. (RS)

This digest discusses the concept of "phonemic/phonological awareness"--the awareness that spoken language is made up of discrete sounds. The digest also discusses why this concept is so important to early childhood educators, its relation to the debate on the best type of reading instruction, and teaching methods that may help children…

Focused on the topic of ability grouping in reading instruction, particularly at the elementary level, this annotated bibliography contains 31 references to articles and papers entered in the ERIC database between 1983 and 1989. The citations include articles discussing recent research on ability grouping, and possible alternatives to ability…

This annotated bibliography contains 34 references on issues concerning adult literacy listed in the ERIC database. It contains citations from the period between 1987 and 1989 and is divided into four sections. The first section provides an overview of adult literacy. Articles and papers in the second section describe and discuss adult literacy…

Summarizes some of the conclusions of certain chapters in the recently published "Handbook of Reading Research" in which research on instructional practice was synthesized and critiqued. (HOD)

Discusses specific strategies that introduce the text and its concepts before the actual text reading. (AEA)