ABSTRACT
It is generally accepted that the development of literacy in the native language is a very important objective of elementary education. School reading is a broad curriculum area, involving many instructional objectives. Technical reading focuses on the identification of the meanings of individual words. Failure to achieve the standards of performance for each of the various stages of the reading process is generally recognized as being a major problem in most primary schools in Europe. Generally speaking, it can be said that a teaching learning situation has to be designed in such a way that it will maximize the performance of the learner along prescribed dimensions and on specific criteria. The method of compensatory teaching can be further improved when it is based on research that is designed and carried out according to the "aptitude treatment interaction" paradigm. Research on reading and writing has made significant but limited progress in the solution and prevention of difficulties.
