1. Principles of language acquisition
2. Free voluntary reading: still a very good idea
Light reading as a bridge
Other advantages of reading
Motivating students to read
3. Current issues and controversies: does grammar teaching work? What about "comprehensible output"?
4. How reading and writing make you smarter, or, how smart people read and write
The research on learning by problem solving
Reading and cognitive development
Writing and cognitive development
