Lectura y Vida: Revista Latinoamericana de Lectura. (Reading and Life: Latin American Reading Magazine). 1998.

The four 1998 issues of the journal on literacy education, entirely in Spanish, include these articles: "The Inevitable Radical Weakness of Language: Some Reflections about Forming Readers and Citizens" (Daniel Goldin); "Relationships among Reading and Writing, Thematic Units, Learning Through Research...In Search of Effective Instruction for Whole Language" (Timothy Shanahan); Comprehension and Textual Production in the Second Cycle of E.G.B.: Strategic Methodology" (Maria Isabel Lopez); "Games and Their Educational Implications in the Teaching of Literacy" (Ignacio Dalton and James F. Christie); "Reading Quickly, Thinking Carefully" (Graciela Perriconi); "Full Text: A New Challenge for Reading-Writing Instruction" (Octavio Henao Alvarez); "Using the Library, Reading, and Working with Street Children in Honduras" (Luis Mendez); "Diversity and Continuity in Writing and Editing Situations in Kindergarten" (Maria Claudia Molinari); "The Evaluation of Writing in a School Context: Implications for Practical Pedagogy" (Stella Serrano and Josefina Pena); "Mezquital, Malintzi and Chichimecas Mission: Language Awareness in the Development of Bilingual Literacy" (Norbert Francis); "Latin American Identity in Caribbean Children's Literature" (Gerardo Torres); "Construction of Face: Experience of a Reading/Writing Workshop in Greater Buenos Aires" (Carolina Espinosa); "An Unsuspected Dichotomy: The Boundary between Spelling and Writing in the Beginning Literacy Period" (Celia Diaz and Emilia Ferreiro); "Phonological Awareness and Reading: Theory and Research on a Complex Relationship" (Angela Signorini); "Whole Language in Multicultural Bilingual Education: Implications for Bilingual Teacher Training in Ecuador" (Annelies Merkx and Rolando Pichun Seguel); "Writing in First and Second Languages: A Two-Language Process" (Amparo Clavijo and Esperanza Torres); "Phonological Awareness in Preschool Children: The Possibility of Omitting the First Section" (Monica Alvarado); "Commentary on the Thesis of Monica Alvarado" (Sofia Vernon); "Literacy and Discrimination" (Mirta A. Mosches de Kosiner); "Adriana and Independent Retelling of Her Favorite Stories" (Angeles Molina Iturrondo); "University Students as Producers of Texts: A Team-Teaching Experience" (Adriana Bono and Sonia de la Barrera); "Reading Together: A Project with Children Repeating First Grade in a Public School in Brazil" (Mercedes Cupolillo, Regiana Souza Silva, Shamia Socorro and Keith Topping); "Reading and Life 93-97: A Social and Library Study" (Ana Sola Villazon, Pedro G. Enriquez and Fabricio Penna). Book reviews and professional notes are also included in each issue. (MSE)