Discusses the use of electronic glossaries in learning second language vocabulary. Examines important technological and pedagogical factors that should be considered to fully exploit the potential of an electronic glossary. (Author/VWL)

Describes Ashley Bryan who is a scholar, a storyteller, a poet, an artist, an illustrator, a folklorist, and a humanitarian. Examines the layers of his work one at a time in order to hear the story of Ashley Bryan--through his own words and what others have written about him. (SG)

Considers how the RTEACHER electronic mailing list thrust professional discussions of literacy education into an electronic dimension with global connections and instantaneous exchanges. Notes that the RTEACHER listserv gave reading teachers an electronic platform for voicing their perspectives on political maneuvers that aimed the National…

Discusses a document structure called "nested lists" which allows an increased amount of information to be presented in a fixed amount of space while also maintaining its usability. (RS)

Discusses four topics and themes--integrated language activities, individualism, literature, and writing--that appeared most frequently this year in the documents and articles indexed by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills. (MM)

Presents three prediction strategies to ensure that prior knowledge activated about a topic is pertinent to a lesson's objective: (1) questions for prediction; (2) anticipation guides; and (3) key word strategies. (RAE)

Unfortunately for students, school reading has become an institution-- a powerful, organized machine that dooms the whole educational enterprise to mediocrity. This article presents 31 grievances against the present system and advocates replacing the vacuous, contrived subject called reading with the teaching of genuine subjects. (MLH)

Identifies simple, well-formed lists as the basic building blocks of most documents. Examines six characteristics of such lists. (RS)

Summarizes the history of Newspaper in Education (NIE) Week. Notes that NIE curriculum ideas for the 1988-89 school year focus on critical thinking skills, and are available through local reading councils or newspapers. (MM)

Suggests book report questions, covering the hierarchy of thinking skills on one 5" by 8" index card. (MM)

Describes transactional strategies instruction (an approach to reading instruction that focuses on teaching students a repertoire of reading strategies), its impact on students, and its challenges. (SR)

Practical suggestions are presented for developing cloze passages and using them with groups, beginning students, and dyslexic students. (SK)

Offers seven annotations of books and journal articles (published between 1992 and 1994) from the ERIC database on the topic of language and literacy in upper elementary grades. (SR)

Discusses four literature-based instructional strategies effective with at-risk middle elementary students (Assisted Cloze Procedure, Directed Listening Comprehension Activity, Directed Listening Vocabulary Activity, and Focused Rereading Activity). (SR)

Success in teaching deaf pupils to read has not increased in decades, but new conceptualizations of literacy, clear understanding that deafness is a human condition and not a deficit, and recent research on how deaf families accomplish what schools do not all point to better ways of teaching deaf children to read. (46 references) (Author/CB)