Volume 15, Number 2, October 2003 Table of Contents pdf Editorial Board From the Editors pp. i-ii text | pdf Articles Promoting English language development and the reading habit among students in rural schools through the Guided Extensive Reading program Ratnawati Mohd Asraf and Ismail Sheikh Ahmad, International Islamic University pp. 83-102 abstract | article | pdf Technical vocabulary in specialised texts Teresa Mihwa Chung and Paul Nation, Victoria University of Wellington pp. 103-116 abstract | article | pdf Literacy and foreign language reading Tony Ridgway, Queen's University pp. 117-129 abstract | article | pdf At what rate do learners learn and retain new vocabulary from reading a graded reader? Rob Waring, Notre Dame Seishin University, and Misako Takaki, Okayama Board of Education pp. 130-163 abstract | article | pdf Columns and Reviews Reading Comprehension and Text Organization Alastair Sharp reviewed by: Sharynne Wade pp. 164-167 review | pdf Short Stories for Creative Language Classrooms Joanne Collie and Stephen Slater reviewed by: Moana Rosa pp. 168-169 review | pdf Call for Papers Call for papers for our future Special Topics Issue on methods and applications in reading research. This issue will be guest edited by Elizabeth Bernhardt.