This book is concerned with the skill of learning to read and factors primarily related to teaching the beginning reading skills. The contents include: "Rationale," which discusses abilities related to reading, reading as a different medium, decoding coming before reading, decoding as separate from reading, hypotheses for decoding, and a demonstration using the previously discussed decoding skills; "Glass-Analysis for Perceptual Conditioning," which looks at an approach for beginning reading instruction which utilizes shaping for perceptual conditioning and requires the learner to examine known words, out of context, both visually and auditorially, to develop instant visual clustering of letters with their associated sound: and "Considerations," which looks at the Glass-Analysis technique in terms of opportunity to differentiate, to redefine difficulty, to determine structural letter sound frequencies, and to screen for decoding ability. (WR)