Provides a definition of the "e-cancelling" method, in which students are instructed to underline all e's. Students then can infer which would be sounded in speech. States that this method does not work well in French and that different vowels are used as targets. Concludes that reference to the sound of text does not inhibit…

Discusses a study of fast and slow adult readers' textual organization subprocesses. Reveals that title and text type variables were manipulated in the study. Concludes that fast and slow readers processed textual organization similarly and showed identical comprehension performances. Calls for research into the characteristics of good…

Describes research conducted in France on text readability and suggests that readability formulas give high scores to redundant texts that have no great interest and penalize texts with original information. Argues that a coefficient should be incorporated into readability formulas that reflects the nature of the text. (MKM)