Results of this study showed that when all students in each method were considered together, significant differences emerged only at second grade; however when reading level of the students was considered, it was found that good readers comprehended better through some form of reading then through listening. (Author/MB)

Article describes method of teaching reading skills through the use of pictures. (MM)

Believes that a story told has more impact on children than a story read from a book or watched on television. Discusses the development of vocabulary, listening ability, and comprehension as well as creativity and imagination through story telling. (RB)

Tests on children between five and nine led to the conclusion that children's ability to recognize synonymous structures is progressively developed over a period of years and that there is a scale of difficulty involved. Paper presented at the National Association for Foreign Student Affairs Annual Conference, May 1969. (FWB)

Report of the first year of this study appeared in The Modern Language Journal, v52 n5 p268-279 May 1968. (DS)

In this study of incidental learning effects upon listening ability, 135 eleventh grade students participated in a program of testing and training in note-taking skills. (Authors)

Description of television ethnic" soap opera used to teach English as a second language to non-English speaking Canadians. Model episode presented. Photographs. (AF)

Presented as a paper at the meeting of the National Association of Language Laboratory Directors (NALLD), New York, New York, December 28, 1968. Suggests ways of improving language laboratory instruction in light of the Pennsylvania Project. (DS)

Research supported by a United States Office of Education grant. (DS)

Discusses the college open admissions policy and the difficulties for those who enter without sufficient reading skills to do college work. Outlines the content, organization, and teaching approach of a developmental reading course for such students. (RW)