Show I Reading Skills Are lire Highlights COALVILLE Wednesday Feb 21 was a highlight high high- light tight In educational meetings a at I Wa Wasatch atch High The teachers of the North Summit School District were invited to tD participate In a Language Arts Art Workshop Teachers Teach reach ers attending were Marva Hepworth Hep- Hep worth Lorene Boyer Merlyn I Johnson and Gene Frodsham Speed Reading Heading I Teachers who are outstanding in their fields were brought in from districts throughout the theto j slate Elate to lead the various groups I Two highlights were in the areas of Reading and LI Listening PatI Pat Pat- PatI I ricla 1 I Edwards a 1 teacher hacher in Mid Midvale j I vale Junior High outlined to the tho group a speed reading program I carried on In their district Stu- Stu I j dents are tested when entering the seventh grade Any reading skills found lacking are taught that year At the beginning of the ninth I grade those who are proficient in all the skills allowed to 1 I are reI register re re- glister gister for the speed reading Mrs Edwards brought three girls with I her who had had the course only since the beginning of ot tho the year I and they demonstrated their skills learned thus far tar Each girl was given a book she had never seen before and was timed for one minute and read around 2000 words In turn each told the story she read Under normal conditions the girls could reach words per minute with 80 per cent comprehension After the meeting the girls stated their t could read words per minute with 98 93 per cent comprehension com como Ski Skills lis for ng Two To things were pointed out that speed reading wits was not for tor all types of reading and all people c could ld not profit from it Second that ln In this age of advancing technology we need to develop human skills to meet our demands Skills for tor listening were also Illustrated and it was shocking to find out how often otten teachers and parents e encourage courage poor listenIng listenIng listening listen- listen Ing habits How often too children children children chil chil- dren ignore our call until the tone of ot voice says we really mean it A unit was given to attending U t. t p n a teachers which they could adopt I to teach listening skills In their own classes |