Reading Improvement - A Journal for the Improvement of Reading Teaching at the Advanced Level

Sep 21, 2026

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Reading Improvement is a professional journal devoted to strengthening English teaching at the high school and college level by improving reading instruction. It promotes original articles and abstract reviews focused on language, literature, and composition, offering practical methods and updated ideas about how reading develops and how teaching can be refined. Published three times per year, it is positioned as a helpful resource for teachers who need timely guidance, methods, and materials to advance reading teaching outcomes and classroom effectiveness.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

FormatPDF

Pages28

Reading Time1 h 11 min

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Reading and the Study of English

Techniques for Textbook Study

Counseling Principles in Teaching

Reading Trends in Junior High

Junior College Reading Objectives

Reading Speed: Is It a Fetish?

Focus on Study Skills

READINGIMPROVEMENT A Journal for the lmprovement of Reading Teachingat the Advanced Level CONTENTS Reading and the Study of EnglishTechniques for Textbook StudyCounseling Principles in TeachingReading Trends in Junior HighReading Speed:Is It a Fetish?Junior College Reading ObjectivesFocus on Study Skills # English Teachers Are Reading Teachers Reading Improvement is a professional journal devoted to the idea that Englishteaching in high school and college is significantly related to the teaching of reading,since the act of reading underlies nearly all learning in composition and literature.The publication emphasizes original articles and abstract reviews of articles in areasof language,literature and composition that are related to the improvement of read-ing teaching. Every month many new ideas about the nature of the reading process and aboutspecific methods of reading improvement are published in a variety of professionaljournals.Yet many teachers do not have time to read much of this important ma-terial.This magazine will help you to keep up with new ideas and materials in thefield of reading,and will provide you with practical methods for improving yourteaching. We think you will agree that Reading Improvement has an important contribu-tion to make to the teaching of English and reading.Your support of the publica-tion will help to assure its growth and development into a continually useful toolfor better teaching. We hope that you will place your subscription order now,either for yourself,your school or your library.Reading Improvement is published three times per year,in April,September and December. | READING IMPROVEMENT | | --- | | Box 125 | | Oshkosh,Wisconsin 54901 | | Please enter my subscription to READING IMPROVEMENT start-
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City_________ | | | # Reading Ymprouement A Journal for the Improvement ofReading Teaching at the Advanced Level Editor:Hugo Hartig,Wisconsin State UniversityAssociate Editor:Ted DeV ries,Wisconsin State UniversityOshkosh,Wisconsin 54901 Editorial Advisory Board Allen Berger,University of Alberta,Edmonton;Frank L.Christ,Loyola University ofLos Angeles;Kenneth L.Dulin,University of Wisconsin,Madison;Martha J.Max-well,University of California,Berkeley;Arthur V.Olson,University of Georgia;Walter Pauk,Cornell University;Alton L.Raygor,University of Minnesota;Delwyn G.Schubert,California State College at Los Angeles. Opinions expressed in READING IMPROVEMENT are those of the authors. | Table of Contents
Reading and the Study of English
1
Kenneth L.Donelson
Techniques for Textbook Study
7
Walter Pauk
Counseling Principles in Teaching
ll
Russell N.Cassel
Reading Trends in Junior High
16
Edward B.Weisse
Junior College Reading Objectives
14
J.Harvey Littrell
Reading Speed:Is It a Fetish?
21
Delwyn G.Schubert .
18
Focus on Study Skills . | | --- | Reading Improvement is published three times a year,Spring,Fall and Winter.Editor and Pub-lisher,Hugo Hartig.Editorial and Business address:P.O.Box 125,Oshkosh,Wisconsin,54901.Subscription rate:$3.50 a year—$2.00 to college students.Manuscripts should be addressed tothe Editor and accompanied by return postage.Copyright 1969 by Reading Improvement.Member,Educational Press Association of America.12550 HOME TEAMwith better.faster Helps your reading“team”achieve impressive scores Cheers for reading"teams"aren't usually very noisy,but their scoresare vastly more important.For 16 years reading"coaches"inclassrooms across America have used AVR RATEOMETER pacers toimprove students'reading skills.And this training has paid off infaster reading with attendant gains in comprehension for thousandsof students.The AVR reader-training method is simple,natural,effecti

FAQs

What is the purpose of Reading Improvement?

It focuses on the improvement of reading teaching in English instruction at the advanced level, linking reading to learning in composition and literature.

What kind of content does the journal publish?

It publishes original articles and abstract reviews related to language, literature, and composition for improving reading teaching.

How often is the journal published and when?

It is published three times a year, in April, September, and December (also referenced as Spring, Fall, and Winter).

Sep 21, 2026

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