This set of working papers concentrates on reading issues. This collection contains the following papers: "Literacy: The Needs of Teachers and Learners" (Christopher Brumfit); "Eight Lessons from Research into Literacy" (Henrietta Dombey); "'The Disqualified Half': Gender Representation in a Children's Reading Scheme" (Simon Williams); "Reading to Learn: Study Reading for All?" (Virginia Kelly); "Reading in a Foreign Language: A Self-Access Approach" (George Blue); "Reading and Communication in the Modern Languages Classroom" (Michael Grenfell); "Reading in French-GCSE to A Level" (Pat Rees); "POPS, PROPS, and FOPS: A New Way of Thinking About Readers' Response to Narrative" (Frank Myszor); "Reading Media Texts: Media, Imagination, and National Curriculum English" (Andrew Hart); and "Looking at Paintings: Representation and Response" (Michael Benton). (NAV)