DOCUMENT RESUME ED 116 182 CS 002 347 AUTHOR Merritt, John E., Ed. TITLE New Horizons in Reading;` Proceedings of the 0 International Reading Association World Congress on Reading (5th, Vienna, Austria; August 12-14, 1974). INSTITUTION International Reading Association, Newark, Del. PUB DATE 76 NOTE 579p.; Some pages may not reproduce due to small type *AVAILABLE FROM International Reading Ass6ciation, 800 Barksdale Road, Newark, New Jersey 19711(Order No. 425, $12.00 non-member, $9.00 member) EDRS- PRICE MF-$1.08 .HC- $29.83 Plus Postage DESCRIPTORS Conference Reports; *Tarly Reading;'Mass Media; *Reading Comprehension; *Reading Development; Reading Games; Reading Habits; *Reading Instruction; Reading Processes; *ReadiriT Programs; ,Reading Research; Reading Skills; Recreational Reading; Spelling IDENTIFIER *World Congress on Reading ABSTRACT ...0. , This volume contains a selection of the papers presented at the fifth International Reading Association World Congress-on Reading. Part ,9ne, "Reading: An Expanding Concept," contains papers that examine such topics as literal comprehension, miscue analysis, and children's literature and reading. Part two, "Some Implications for the. Reading Curriculum," contains papers on such topics as language and the, .reader, language games and literacy, .reading to learn,.evaluation Of progress in spare-time reading, and sequence and structure in reading development. Pert three. "Writing Systems and Early.Reading: Comparative Perspectives," contains. ers . that examine such topics as writing systems in Japan, the teach-4:.:of spelling, and some unexplained aspects of early reading. Part four, - "The'Reader and theMedia," contains papers on such topics as new developments on readability, content bias in adult reading materials, and reading and television in the United- States. Part five, "Special Problems," contains papers which discuss such topics as promoting reading habits, class size and reading-development, and reading comp ensign in fifteen countries. Part six, "Raising Teaching Stadaards," contains papers on such topics as the rationale for competency Based inservice education; and evaluation and accountability. (TS) *********************************************************************** * Documents acquired by ERIC include many informal unpublished * materials not available from other sources. ERIC makes every effort * * to obtain the best copy available. Nevertheless, items of marginal * * reproducibility are often encountered and this affects the quality * * of the microfiche and hardcopy reproductions ERIC makes available * * via the ERIC Document Reproduction Service (EDRSj. EDRS is not *responsible for the quality of the original document. Reproductions * * supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original. *********************************************************************** U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. EDUCATION & WELFARE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION DONJME NT ...AS BEEN PENN°. Do(D E xAt AS PE( E,sED FROM ,PE PE NSON OP ORGANIZATION OP,GIN IT POINTS OF 0,E... OP OPINIONS STATED DO N.OT NE( ESSAR,L PEPPE SENT OF 1(IAL NATIONAL NSTi I u TE OF (\) EDU(ATiON POST,ON OP PO. CO 4.) IrI New Horizons Lu in Reading John E. Merritt, Editor The Open thiyersity Milton Keynes, England Proceedings of the. Fifth IRA World Congress on Reading Vienna. Austria August12-14, 1974 International Reading Association 800 Barksdale Road Newark, Delaware, United States of America 'INTERNATIONAL READING ASSOCIATION (IFF1(:F.RS 1975-i976 i't-nictitThomas Barrett. Link ersik nt \\ itic unvn. Madison. Wts(-nnsln Vic c-Presolent \Vatter H \lac Ciinitie. Tea( hers College, Columbia I 'inversity. Nekk York. Nekv York IPresident Elect State I 'iliversitif New York. Buffalo, New York Puvt President Constaric tt\1 San Francis( o State Link ersity; San Franc..is«). California Exec ulnc()Het torRalph CStrrrger. International Redding Assoc onion.' Nekt. ark. Helaks.:are 1)1RECII)RS lerfri-expiring Spring '171i Ira E: Aaron, I 'Iliversit: of Georgia, Athens, Georgia Lynette Saint. Cainits. I 'itiversit^of South Alabama, Mobile. Alabama Tra( Tyler. JrRobbitisdale Aria Schools. Robbinsdalt-r,- \lintntsota Terra expiring Spring 1977 Roger Farr. Indiana'iliyiirsity. liloornit4,1on. Indiana Creivc.it A Ransom. 'inversity of Sotithern California, Los Angeles, California Harry \V Sartai,n, l'itiversity of Pittsburgh. expiring Spring 19.?ti Roselinina Indrisano, Boston l'Iliyersity. liostow, Nlassachusetts R' Ron!. xemplart: Center for Reading Instruction. Salt Lake CON lltah lohert B Riddell. I 'iliYitrsity cif C*Iifornia. Berkeley. California Copyright 1976 by the 4. , International Reading Assoc cation. Int_ Air po ; , -on. Hy International~ Reading Association Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Mt 4 4 74, INA, JN kVorld (congress on Reading, sth, Vienna. 1974 f New horizons in reacting f .k M,1f Pf ,N 1 HF rPY141(,1-0 Bibliography: p. InaudeS index. I. ReadingCongresses. I Merritt, John E. II. International Reading Association.III. Title 1.B1049 95.Wti7 1974 428' 4 75-35998 ISBN 0-87207-425-0 Contents Foreword v Introductionvn Part OneReading: An Expanding Concept 2 Straws in the Wind Constance M McCullough 8 Literal Comprehension: A Reevaluation Amelia Melnik 15 Miscue Analysis: Theory and Reality in Rding Kenneth S. Goodman 27 Reading Flexibility: A NegIrted Aspect of Reading Instruction Theodore L. Hcirris 36 Reading as a Comparative ProcessRalph C. Stinger 39 Reading Skips What Reading Skills?Arthur De W. Smith 49 A Baker's Dozen of Personal Values in Children's Literature Rah Kearney Carlson BO Literature and Development in ReadingRichard Barnberger 66. Children's Literature and ReadingMichio Namekawa 70 Comparative Reading: State of the Art John DowninX. Part Two Some implications for the Reading Curriculum 8Q Who Teaches the Child to Read? Asher Cashdan 86 Miscues. Errors, and Reading 'ComprehensionYetta M. Goodman 94, Language and the Reader Minnie Y. Peaster 102 Language Games and LiteracySusan A. Wasserman 110 La Lecture a I:Ecole MaternelleMadeline Brohon 125 Comprehension and Teaching StrategiesDavid B. Doake 141 The Development of Comprehension: A Curriculum for theCifted Reader/ E Sparks 147 Reading to LearnLaurie F. Thomas and E. Sheila Augstein 158 Techniques for Increasing Reading Rate, James I. Brown 165 Matu rite pour la Lecture et son Evaluation par des Maitres PrescolairesPoul Dickes 181 Self-Evaluation and Reading Development Don Holdoway 193 Prediction en Lecture et Evaluation FormativeElise Leclercq-Boxus 198 Evaluating Competence in Functional Reading Hans U. Grundin 208 Evaluating Progress in Recreational ReadingHelen K. Smith 215 Eviluation of Progress in Spar dime ReadingLucia Binder 220 Sequence and Structure in Reading DevelopmentDonald Moyle 229 The Classroom Teacher's Responsibility to the Able ReaderN-ila Banton Smith Part ThreeWriting Systems and Early Reading: Comparative Perspectives 244 Writing Systems in JapanTokahiko Sakamoto 250 Reading Disability and the Writing SystemKiyoshi Makita 255 The Reading Ability of Preschool Children in JapanShozo Muroishi 269 Sequence and Structure in a System with Consistent Sound-Symbol Correspondence Dina Feite/son 278 Sequence and Structure in a System with Problematic Sound-Symbol CorrespondenceJoyce Morris 285 The Teaching of SpellingMargaret Peters 292 Early Reading: Some Unexplained AspectsPhillip Williams iii ..INTERNATR)NAI, READING ASSOCIATION (IFFI(:F.RS 1975-1976 P r t . s i l i o n t Barrett. Cm% orsit onsin. \ladison. \Vim. onsin VI( c-President \Valter El%la( ( Tea( hors College. ( .olunibia I lniversitY. Ni..\% York. NeW York c-Presolent Het t State Lin% ersitv of Ne%s.. York, Buffalo. New York Pri4t President (:(mst,in«! ,1\I((:ullutigh. San IF rani isco State Cm% Si i) California \o( Wit t.1)11.1.( tar Ralph (:Stinger, International Reading Association.' . 1)I RE( rectit-e\piri tug Spring 1071i Ira Aaron. Viliversity ut Ceorgiii. Athens, ticorgia Lynette Same (lames. I lniversity''of South Alabama. \lobile. Alabiyna t raty_I Tyler. JrRobbinsilalt. Arii.a Schools. Robt)insiliile Minnesota rt.rin Ain ring Spring 1077 Roger Parr. Indianalniiirsity. lilootnington. Indiana (;rave A Ransom, Cniversity Itf Sirtitiwrn California. Los Angeles. California Harry Sart4n. I lniversit rut Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania To-rtii expiring Spring 10.?H Rosehnina Inilrisiino. Boston Cniersit. Bestow. Massachusetts Htlina R' Reid. Exemplary Center fur Reading Instruction. Salt Lake City. I 'tall loliert B. Riddell. I liiiY.ersity of ( 41ifornia. Berkeley. California Copyright 1976 by the F International Reading Assai iation. Inc. ..{if f Il)tprnationaI- Reading Association Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data F 11,4; ' r,1 {1 A,,PF (Ml 1PI World Congress on Reading. 51h, Vienna, 1074 nFtaPF 4.0 New horizons in reading ''(Cr ; ; ;+F 'JUL pF 14,11 JP, t .f r pv,41,0-, VINF. Bibliography: p. InjudeS index. 1. ReadingCongtesses I Merritt. fohn E. II. International Reading Association.III. Title. 1,81049.95.W67 1974 428' 4 75-35998 ISBN 0-87207-425-0 c'S Part FourThe Reader and the Media 302 Expressed Reading Interests of Young Children: An International StudyDora-thy I. Kirsch. Robert S. V Pehrsson, And II Alan Robinsan 318 Selecting Textbooks. Some Preliminary ThoughtsGeorge H /Oar and Michael Mac donold-Ross 331 Some New Developments on ReadabilityAlbert J Horns 341 Content Bias in Adult Reading Materials Mu heel itNfottay 354 Techniques for Teaching Teachers about ReadabilityAlton I. Raygar and Ranold