The nature of reading as an interactive process; the psychology of reading; types of reading (speed, critical, skimming and scanning); text analysis; typology of texts for the teaching of reading; strategies of reading; word-attack skills; authenticity of texts; purposes of reading; reading and genre; reading in content areas. Writing as a process versus product; Rhetorical aspects of writing (audience and purpose); writing strategies; modes of writing; creative writing; writing across curriculum, reading and writing connections.