This article reports the findings of ethnographic classroom research on the deployment of literature circles in English reading classes in the vocational secondary education sector in Indonesia. Grounded in micro-interactional, thematic, and discourse analyses, empirical findings showed that the students engaged actively in text selection, role…

For more than twenty years the benefits of extensive reading have been proclaimed to the ELT community, but the inclusion of extensive reading in ELT programmes is far from universal. Extensive reading appears to be particularly absent in higher educational and English for Academic Purposes settings. This paper reports on the implementation of an…

Total school involvement implementing a variety of innovative approaches make for an exciting five week reading program. (RB)

Describes an individualized reading program which is designed to broaden reading interests, develop critical reading skills, and allow more flexibility in the prescribed reading program. (RB)

Notes several documents in the ERIC data base which describe successful content area reading programs and methods. (MKM)

Describes a reading program designed to increase factual recall without resorting to rote learning. (RB)

Examines the role of the administrator in developing and sustaining an effective reading program. (RB)

An on-site description attempts to offer ideas that can be considered, adapted, and improved upon for reading programs. (RB)

Reports on the success of using tape recorded materials in a remedial reading instruction program at the secondary level. (RB)

Describes the role of the teacher and the reading coordinator in a vocational education reading program. (RB)

Describes six content area reading programs with an interdisciplinary approach to teaching reading skills. (RB)

Argues that small group interaction fills a gap in the individualized reading program. (RB)

Questions how teacher's can, through reading, extend children's awareness of different views and give them insights enabling a proper regard for people different from themselves. (RB)