Describes the effectiveness of cooperative learning, a technique whereby paired students exchange oral summaries of materials they have read. (HOD)

Explains how students can be introduced to the delights and problems of lyric poetry by reading A.E. Housman's "Lovliest of Trees, the Cherry Now." (HOD)

Presents instructional strategies for teaching developmental reading and study skills based on a news magazine, with synthesis activities involving the use of additional periodicals. (HOD)

Analyzes the process by which successful writers summarize and suggests strategies for helping students summarize both expository and narrative reading material. (AEA)

This paper describes a research project in which volunteers, self-selected from IALS students preparing for one or more of the Cambridge English Examinations, kept journals. Following guidelines, they reflected on their in-class and outside-of-class experiences in the 8 weeks leading up to the exams. They also attended four biweekly meetings with…

This article presents a methodological comparison of beliefs and practices with regard to teaching a third-year introduction to reading and literature course. It reviews the different educational backgrounds of the teachers--one in foreign language acquisition and the other in literary study--and describes their different approaches to teaching…

Discusses prereading activities, citing the book "Too Late the Phalarope," by Alan Paton, to help improve student reading comprehension and enjoyment. (HTH)

Discusses how directed reading activities and vocabulary guides can be used in an English classroom to help improve students' reading comprehension. (HOD)

Presents study designed to investigate effects of statements designed to activate scripts on measures of unfamiliar vocabulary with American college students reading in French and in English. Study revealed importance of preparing readers for what they are about to read. Teachers should keep background and present knowledge of students in mind…

Outlines a teaching approach that uses writing exercises as a means of encouraging students to read, analyze, and evaluate assigned literature and to express themselves creatively in light of their readings, analyses, and evaluations. (FL)

Concludes that the maze procedure tended to overestimate students' ability to cope with an unfamiliar text, while the cloze procedure appeared to be a reasonably accurate measure. (FL)

Describes English as a second language situation in Kuwait and use of the Science Research Associates (SRA) Reading Laboratory in an experiment carried out at Kuwait University attempting to individualize English reading skills of post secondary school level students. Results show the Reading Laboratory should be used for supplemental, not basic…

Offers an activity for use in helping students become aware of the importance of voice in writing and reading. (FL)

In studies on the effect of advance objectives on readers' comprehension of prose, reliable differences were noted in the areas of the passages students focused upon depending on the presence of objectives and the level of learning they required. No differences were observed in reading comprehension. (JD)

Describes a team effort by an historian and a college reading specialist in which volunteer undergraduate students participated in hopes of improving their history papers. Weekly sessions involved summarizing history assignments. Results indicate the importance of both reading levels and reading styles. (KC)