Evaluates one aspect of the Read It Project, a community literacy project initiated and managed by Leeds Education 2000. Focuses on the reading attitudes and behavior of 61 children who attended Read It Clubs in 1998-1999. Concludes children enjoyed the Read It Clubs they attended, valued the experience, and believed they gained from it. (RS)

The results of a course held in response to requests from the member states of UNESCO, this report presents the abridged content of lectures, discussions, and observation visits concerning the methods and experiences of the 19 participants in promoting reading habits in 16 Asian and Pacific countries. The report notes that one of the key issues in…

Examines the relationship between pre-school reading and reading achievement among 343 seven year-old students. Pre-school reading scores were significantly related to word matching ability, concepts about print, letter identification, word reading, and oral vocabulary. (RKM)

Describes an Israeli reading program for disadvantaged adolescents based on verbal exercises using informative, literary, and speculative texts to improve their reading comprehension and cognitive functions. (HOD)

Narrow reading means reading in only one genre, one subject matter, or the work of one author. The case for narrow reading was first presented over twenty years ago (Krashen, 1981). Narrow reading, it was argued, has the advantage of providing the developing reader with a familiar context, that is, familiar background knowledge that helps make…

Using the Paired Reading Method, this training package provides instruction for school-aged children and adults in Canada, and combines a prescribed technique for reading practice with positive feedback, discussion, and student control of learning. The training package contains: (1) a videotape which provides detailed demonstrations of the Paired…

An analytical approach for teaching foreign language reading to students includes: identifying and discussing the components of reading (communication, notional area, anticipation and retrospection, text, coherence, cohesion, information), contriving short problem-solving exercises, and systematically training pupils in the various operations at…

This book reports on one of the largest studies ever undertaken in Great Britain of what primary schools do to improve literacy and what is going on in classrooms where improvements are taking place. The Leverhulme Primary Improvement Project was a 2-year research project funded by the Leverhulme Trust. The book aims to provide insight into what…

Explores determinants of successful reading remediation by investigating relationship between client reading processes and gains made in silent reading comprehension. Students (28 subjects, grades two-nine) who recalled a high percentage of inferential information appeared more amenable to clinical remediation. Perception connectives use was also…

Describes the Corrective Reading Program designed for children and adults who have made a start in reading but who are at a remedial level. Discusses the implementation and evaluation of the program in a secondary school in England. Reports positive program gains but emphasizes the need for stronger staff support. (Author/MJL)

Results of a Canadian study show that students with mild to medium reading disabilities benefited from tutorial remediation and continued to make normal progress the next nine months. (Author/RL)

Linnakyla examines definitions of literacy as an object of individual and social development and compares concepts of knowledge and literacy. Gronholm advocates the effectiveness of parents reading aloud to their children for 15 minutes per day in the improvement of children's reading skills. (SK)

The Kirklees (England) local educational authority trained parents in the Paired Reading technique in which the tutee chooses the reading material and tutor and tutee read aloud together. Subjective feedback from parents, peer tutors, and teachers (2,521 questionnaires) showed that parents and peer tutors rated progress more positively than…

Suggests that when miscue analysis is associated with remedial techniques, computer-assisted learning constitutes a viable method of remediation. (NH)

Review of over 40 studies of parents hearing their children read showed that parent listening programs modeled on Britain's Haringey project failed to have significant effects on children's reading achievement. Studies in which parents of poor readers were trained in behavioral, pause-prompt-praise, or paired reading approaches showed significant…