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DOCUMENT .RESUME ED 071 066 r CS 000 349 AUTHOR Bracken, Dorothy Kendall, Ed.; Malmquist, Eve, Ed. TITLE Improving Reading Ability Around the World: Proceedings of the International Reading Association World Congress on Reading. (3rd, Sydney, Australia, August 7-9, 1970). INSTITUTION International Reading Association, Newark, Del. PUB DATE 71 NOTE 247p. AVAILABLE FROMInternational Reading Association, 6 Tyre Avenue, Newark, Del. 19711 ($5.50 non-member, $4.50 member) EDRS PRICE MF-$0.65 HC -$9.87 DESCRIPTORS Automation; Child Language; *Developmental Reading; *Foreign Countries; *International Education: Listening; *Literacy; Motivation; Psycholingaistics; Reading Comprehension; Reading Difficulty; *Reading Improvement; Reading Readiness; Reading Research; Teaching Methods ABSTRACT A collection of 28 papers deals with reading in various parts of the world. The following countries are represented: Australia, Canada, England, France, Germany, India, I-1,7.tn, New Zealand, South Africa, Sweden, and the United States. The papers are organized under four main headings: (1) Developmental Reading: This section discusses reading readiness, reading instvction, automation, and programing.(2) Reading Problems: Topics included are educational and environmental causes, psycholinguistics, mental capacity, and psychological and motivational problems.(3) Resz.Arch Contributions: Research reports and research reviews are presented on such topics as teaching methods, comprehension, listening, and children's language, and (4) Challenges for the Future: This part eoncerns the future of reading education in general and the challenges in specific countries in particular. Tables and references for individual papers are included. (This document previously announced as ED 059 007.) (AW) U S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. EDUCATION & WELFARE OFFICE OF EDUCATION THIS COCUMENT HAS BEEP. REPRO.
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