Discusses the findings of a general survey of primary schools in Nigeria to discover the practices of teachers teaching English reading. Findings indicate that the reading-while-listening method of teaching reading is not as effective as the combination of the alphabetic, phonic, word, and sentence methods. (SED)

Examines the relationship between cultural membership and individual language learning behavior in the development of reading strategies, using Nigerian and Chinese students studying English as a Second Language as subjects. The article concludes that whereas the reading differences between these two groups derive different factors, cultural…