THE BASIC PREMISE OF THIS BOOK IS THAT LEARNING TO READ ORALLY IS OF FUNDAMENTAL IMPORTANCE TO THOSE WHO WOULD FULLY APPRECIATE OR RESPOND TO LITERATURE. BECAUSE READERS MUST INTERPRET LITERATURE ALWAYS FOR THEMSELVES AND OFTEN FOR AN AUDIENCE, THREE ASPECTS OF ORAL INTERPRETATION ARE EXPLORED--(1) THE CHOICE OF MATERIALS, WHICH REQUIRES AN…

This publication summarizes the responses of reading teachers to a questionnaire about teaching reading in the secondary school. The information is divided into six sections. The first section lists components of a secondary reading program, describes current and proposed model secondary reading programs, and lists prospective secondary teachers'…

This paper examines current programs of reading/study skills instruction at two-year colleges. The paper is divided into three sections: a review of literature relating to the subject; analysis and evaluation of the research and programs surveyed; and implications for organizing and developing a reading improvement program. A bibliography is…

This study asserts that international university students need a reading program which stresses (1) the student's understanding of and adaptation to the political, social, and economic forces of the United States and (2) the development of communication skills in standard American English. In developing a program of competency-based instruction…

Interviews with several individuals representing a variety of viewpoints about the recent controversy regarding textbooks and philosophy in the Kanawha County, West Virginia, public schools are presented in this transcript of a National Public Radio program broadcast in December 1974. Beginning with a discussion of the issue of textbook selection…

The necessities of promoting wider social understanding among children and of helping them to develop self-insight and respect through careful, sensitive book selection are implicit in the aims set forth in a 1964 NCTE publication, "Children's Literature--Old and New." However, these aims seem ignored in "Adventuring with Books," a 1966 NCTE…

If the purpose for teaching children's literature is to introduce readers to books to which they can respond and to encourage self-directed reading, the necessity of considering the reader's point of view is obvious. If the teacher approaches the subject from the student's point of view, the selection of materials will be influenced, thereby…

The problem of evaluating instructional materials in foreign language courses in terms of educational relevance is examined in this survey of a third-semester, college, Spanish class. Students were given reading materials in the social sciences in lieu of the more traditional literary selections and asked to evaluate them through an attitudinal…

This course is designed for independent students to improve their reading skills and their ability to interpret literature. The course should enable students to understand and use highly idiomatic vocabulary and grammatical structures of present-day English that interfere with comprehension. Excerpts from contemporary novels, short stories,…

One of the goals of the Oral Literature Workshop was to point out to parents the "humanizing" experience that can be found in folk literature and to suggest some ways of using this literature in the lives and development of the child. This report of the Workshop contains: the workshop summary, reading aloud to children, some techniques…

The three papers in this resource guide are oriented to the needs of Spanish-surnamed and Indian children. The first paper points out three concerns to be examined before selecting reading materials: (1) the population for whom selection is planned, (2) criteria emphasizing children's needs, and (3) apparent trends in reading instructional…

Describes a reading course offered to the first-year economics majors studying English at La Sapienza University in Rome, Italy. The reading materials were taken from authentic texts, journals, and articles about economics from English language publications. Sample passages with pre-reading and post-reading exercises are included. (CFM)

Describes the lack of substantial knowledge base about the nature of adult reading schemata and adult skill acquisition processes, posits reasons for the lack, and points out areas in adult reading that need to be addressed by researchers, such as materials, programs, and instructional methods. (SKC)

The authors of a popular secondary school level-speech communication textbook that has frequently been removed from schools or attacked because it discusses values defend their book and assess the effects of censorship. (NKA)

Reports on the observation of a group of kindergartners in their classroom library twice a week for eight weeks to learn more about how the nature of the texts--familiarity, predictability, and size--influence the children's use of books. (NH)