Deplores the national decline in vocabulary level during the last thirty years and suggests resource materials for vocabulary improvement. (RL)

The use of newspapers to develop reading skills and to build vocabulary is both experimentally sound and very inexpensive. (MM)

Investigates the relationship between Keywords and conservation. (GB)

Method involves use of context clues, dictionary work, and a point incentive system. (SP)

Discussed are problems in the verbal comprehension and production of personal pronouns by learning disabled children. A learning approach based on echolalia and favoring a focus on the pronoun you which the child hears is advocated. (KW)

Author suggests choosing a prolific writer for an intensive study of his background, philosophy and writings as a technique for developing an appreciation for and enjoyment of literature. (Author/NL)

Discusses possible linguistic factors in children's misconceptions of words in the "Pledge of Allegiance to the flag, the "Lord's Prayer, and "America. (SW)

Discusses two types of crossword puzzles: direct-definition clue puzzles and cryptic-clue crossword puzzles. (FB)

Four models for accounting for reading difficulties are described: defect, deficit, disruption, and difference. Poor readers fitting two of these (difference and deficit) are compared with each other and with good readers. (Author)

By way of change of pace, students are asked to use as many terms as possible in the construction of a puzzle pattern on a blank matrix. The instructor selects one pattern and completes it in the form of a crossword puzzle to be used at the end of the unit. An example is given from a weather and climate unit. (NH)

Defining vocational English as a specific vocabulary of individual words and phases connected with a certain occupation, the author outlines principles of testing, lists types of vocational English tests, and attempts to show that in constructing such tests a whole range of types of question can be used. (FB)

The magic square technique is a useful and enjoyable method for helping social studies students at all levels to learn new vocabulary. (RM)

Describes a pattern book activity that provides a means of introducing and reinforcing high frequency vocabulary within a language experience approach. (FL)

Suggests that a syllabication system not based on pronunciation is as unrelated to reading achievement as is the current syllabication system. (FL)