This article is taken from a pamphlet put out by a group of English teachers at Clissold Park Comprehensive, London, who wanted to raise some controversial questions about reading and language development with other teachers in their school. (Editor)

In this Inquiry Study, participants will explore the process of reading expository texts--the strategies participant/teachers use to make sense of them, and how expository texts are similar to and different from narrative and other types of texts. Participants will then examine aspects of expository texts, such as text structures, vocabulary, and…

This position paper on teaching children to read explains with several examples exactly what "quagmires" are and how they hamper children as they learn the elements of reading basics. The paper takes a multidisciplinary approach to attacking stumbling blocks to learning most often experienced by child learners. To explain the concept of quagmire,…

Encourages placing primary emphasis on reading as a process of deriving meaning in remedial reading programs and discusses the changes necessary to accomplish this approach. (TO)

In this discussion, twelve basic situations are selected to illustate the relation between strategy and tactics as well as the linguistic, psychological, and sociological foundations of reading instruction. (TO)

Describes and discusses two types of oral reading responses that can be identified by a speaker of English, pseudo reading and meaningful oral reading. Also speculates on an explanation of how these responses might be generated. (TO)

Suggests that a partial cause of student reading difficulty may be lack of comprehension of the process of reading and proposes that teacher explanation might help solve the problem. (RW)

One problem with readability formulas is that they are generally calculated on factors at the sentence and subsentence level. However, the representation of text through information structures is equally important. The complexity of information structures and their realizations will affect reading difficulty and should be incorporated into…

Explores the similar and different ways that reading and writing influence consciousness. Summarizes the relationship between reading and writing as meditation--a way of modifying inner speech or composing in the mind. (HTH)

Outlines seven basic concepts regarding teachers' understanding of the comprehension process and proposes several instructional strategies based on the concepts, each of which actively involves children in reading. (FL)