Introduction: Reading – a personal and professional view
Roger Beard
1. The linguistic base of initial reading and spelling in English: a tutorial review
Greg Brooks
2. How psychology helps us to understand word reading
Rhona Stainthorp
3. Literacies and social practice: sociological perspectives on reading research
Gemma Moss
4. Perspectives on dealing with reading difficulties
Sinéad Harmey
5. Reading children’s literature
Victoria de Rijke
6. The reader, the text, the poem: the influence and challenge of Louise Rosenblatt
Anthony Wilson
7. Reading with technology: the new normal
Guy Merchant
8. Exploring reading in social semiotics: theory and methods
Jeff Bezemer and Kate Cowan
Biography
Roger Beard is Emeritus Professor of Primary Education at the UCL Institute of Education. He has published over a hundred articles and books and undertaken research reviews for the UK, Brazilian and European parliaments. In 2019, Roger was elected to the Literacy Research Association’s Hall of Fame in the United States.
