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In the computer age, challenges have gained a new quality, and teachers, especially with their pedagogic responsibilities, have gained a new role to play. To familiarize themselves with the new technology and to become aware of its value in language education, the potentials of this new technology can be utilized to enhance the basic language skills. Reading is a complex activity that demands simultaneous application of a variety of cognitive processes. In learning to read, all students do not progress at the same rate. Hence, the reading class requires a more individualized, student-centered approach. Since computer-assisted instruction is particularly effective in presenting content which needs mastery or comprehension, and in catering to the needs of students of all levels, integration of this approach into reading curriculum can be given desired attention. This paper will focus on providing guidelines and suggestions of developing traditional and innovative activities for a self-instructional reading program that can be used in learning and testing EST reading for slow learners.

1Boy Crusoe

By Allan Eric

Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near the close of the Civil War. My boyhood life did not differ materially from that of the average farmer's son in the remote country districts of New England--except, perhaps, that I read more and thought more. Hard work on the rugged soil, two terms each year in the little yellow country schoolhouse, a day's fishing now and then filled the early years of my life full to over-flowing. " What he gets is enough excitement and adventure to overflow his wildest dreams. How he experiences disaster and uses his wits and knowledge to overcome every problem makes for a great read. - Summary by Phil Chenevert