Discussed are the special applications of technology and the visual processing of verbal information by the deaf. (BD)

Experiments with 81 college students and 48 fifth graders investigated the role of one form of intra-word orthographic redundancy--the characteristic asymmetric spatial distributions of letters of the alphabet across serial positions within words. Adults were sensitive to letter positional distributions, as were fifth graders who were good…

Children read sets of words under three conditions: with no pictures, with related pictures, and with unrelated pictures. Results indicated that words were read more slowly whenever pictures were present; that unrelated pictures produced more interference than related pictures; and that both effects were inversely related to reading ability.…

Suggests that teachers develop techniques to teach students strategies used by good comprehenders: paraphrasing passages, sifting out meaningful word clusters, searching for supportive examples, and making deductions. (MKM)

Relationships between cross modal functioning and reading achievement are examined and the available hypothesis concerning intersensory functioning and their concomitant educational implications are discussed. (HOD)

Two experiments are described. One measured performance of subjects on pairs of concurrent verbal tasks, monitoring sentences for certain items while reading. Secondary task performance combined with a primary task is proportional to its performance in isolation. The second experiment checked certain results of the first. (CHK)

Argues that reading, like speaking and writing, is an active language process in which readers display their sophistication as functional psychlinguists. While it is difficult to understand these active, underlying processes, authors advocate the use of oral reading as a data base. Presents a typology of miscues and demonstrates how they provide…

An analytical approach for teaching foreign language reading to students includes: identifying and discussing the components of reading (communication, notional area, anticipation and retrospection, text, coherence, cohesion, information), contriving short problem-solving exercises, and systematically training pupils in the various operations at…

A discussion of reading comprehension examines the notion of "mediators," the motivational, contextual, and referential factors that contribute to comprehension, and explores the means for introducing these factors into the second language classroom. (MSE)

Provides guidelines and suggests activities for the use of big books--oversized children's books--with young children in beginning reading programs. (BB)

Reviews the notion of communicative competence in light of its relevance for issues in literacy and the teaching of reading. Defines four components of communicative competence, i.e., grammatical, sociolinguistic, discourse, and strategic competence. Discusses their role in the reading process in light of linguistic theory and classroom research.…

Proposes that prediction and production variables used together tap both text and reader factors and provide a much improved analysis of readability. Finds that this kind of analysis will lead to more specific kinds of pedagogical strategies for teaching writing. (MS)

Describes a reading program based on Piagetian theory and a psycholinguistic interpretation of the reading process. Explains each component of the program and offers evaluative data attesting to its success. (FL)

Outlines Teaching Reading as Conversation (TRAC), a program that teaches reading in an environmental context, with immersion techniques, as though it were a foreign language. (DF)

Investigates the extent to which learning disabled readers' atypical encoding relates to their deficiencies in semantic memory by comparing learning disabled and nondisabled readers in two age groups on dichotic listening tasks that included orienting and nonorienting instructions. (HOD)