Argues that for tribe members in Thailand's primitive mountain areas, learning to read can provide an entirely new outlook on life. (RB)

Representatives of the various national affiliates reported on International Reading Association activities in their countries while attending the Second European Seminar held in Paris in December, 1973. (RB)

Reviews ERIC materials dealing with relative and absolute definitions of literacy. (FL)

Describes the way in which the Mandinkos of West Africa provide for literacy instruction. (MKM)

Suggests that educators help students see their literacies as grounded in situation and community. Argues that high schools should provide a multitude of situational contexts for literacy-learning experiences beyond the general academic community. Draws on genre theory to offer five general suggestions for improving the teaching and learning of…

Suggests ways to use ethnic, historical, and sociopolitical slogans printed on tee shirts for literacy instruction. (SR)

Describes Make-a-Place (MAP), a creative activity for developing map literacy in which students imagine a hypothetical place and draw a map of it. (PRA)

Asserts that picture books are a medium for all ages. Recommends several recent picture books and groups them under headings suggesting potential uses, with extra activities noted. (PRA)

Describes the purposes and programs of the national Right to Read effort. (RB)

Presents a question-and-answer dialogue in which the author thinks about the queries he received or wished that he had received during the past year. (JD)

Presents a case for a qualified reading specialist directing a staff trained and competent in reading disabilities at the secondary level. (RB)

Describes the phonic/analytic/syntactic method used for teaching reading in grades one through four in Cuba. (AEA)

Examines research concerning the relationship between Black vernacular English and reading and writing. Makes recommendations for future research. (HTH)

Describes the Parent Readers Program at New York City Technical College of City University of New York, which improves the literacy of parents by preparing them to read aloud to their own children. (RAE)

Asserts that it is the willingness of readers to confront the problems found in difficult text and their courage in working them out that define and exemplify literacy and represent the mode of disciplined attention that reading teachers are responsible for passing on to their students. (AEA)