176 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1984, this new introductory text fulfilled a need amongst both psychology and education students for a book which dealt with reading in a way that explored areas beyond the strictly practical question of how to teach children to read.
Previous books on the psychology of reading had often concentrated on the analytic approach, in which reading had been seen in terms of a... Read more
List of Figures. Acknowledgements. Preface. Part 1: Perceptual Factors 1. Writing and Speaking 2. Making Sense of Things 3. Language Games Part 2: Cognitive Factors 4. The Meaning of Words 5. The Meaning of Sentences 6. Understanding Text Part 3: The Skill in Practice 7. Where We Look When We Read 8. Failure and Success. References. Additional Reading. Index.
Biography
Alan Kennedy
