Argues that an understanding of the psycholinguistics of the reading process can provide a foundation for instructional decision making in secondary and college reading classes. Discusses factors affecting reading comprehension. Provides exercises to help students use prior knowledge about the nature of language to overcome reading difficulties.…

Suggests that by using a variation of the language experience approach, teachers can facilitate the learning of both science and reading. (FL)

The experience chart, perceived as a reading instruction method for early primary grade students only, can actually be used on any grade level. There are a plethora of reasons for using experience charts in reading instruction for low achievers among middle school readers, including the following: content is based on background experiences of…

Evaluates some of the 100 different teaching approaches to beginning reading and reading theory. (Author/RB)

Lecture given before the Annual Conference and Course on Reading (23d, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa., July 10-21, 1967).

Lists suggestions for implementing a reading-for-meaning instructional approach that focuses on the development and comprehension of language. (FL)

Presents a method, based on the language experience approach, for informal diagnosis of young children's awareness of the technical aspects of print. (FL)

Contributors offer the following suggestions: use the language experience approach with adult beginning readers, remediate adolescent reading attitudes via parents, force students to think through self-propelled reading lessons, and establish a teacher workshop using the participants' content area textbooks. (HTH)

Demonstrates briefly the naturalness of dialect variation in American English, examines the implications for reading instruction of recognizing the naturalness of dialects, and provides a list of references for the professional development of teachers of children who speak dialects other than standard English. (ET)

Compares bilingual reading instruction in Puerto Rico with that on the mainland, commending the emphasis given in Puerto Rico on comprehension as opposed to the emphasis given to decoding on the mainland. (HOD)

A whole language approach to learning can be successfully used with children with learning disabilities. The approach can alleviate difficulties children have with memory and cognitive problems, anxiety, self-esteem, locus of control, and attentional deficit. Procedures are outlined for implementation of the whole language approach in resource…

Describes three strategies to help teachers accommodate the learning styles of poor readers: language experience, mapping, and recorded books. (SR)

A model is offered for building the vocabulary skills of students with deafness or hearing impairments. The model is based on Piaget's theoretical concepts of assimilation and accommodation. The model presents six sequenced steps for learning new vocabulary and suggests using the Language Experience approach, environmental print, predictable…

Presents the ideas of four elementary school classroom teachers with regard to reading instruction. Includes "An Invitation to Reading Fluency,""Reading Chapter Books for Fun,""Easing the K-1 Transition through Language Experiences," and "A Meeting of Minds: Teaching Using Biographies." (PRA)